Dark Tower (1987 film)

Dark Tower
VHS cover art
Directed byFreddie Francis[1][2]
(as Ken Barnett)
Screenplay byRobert J. Avrech
Ken Blackwell
Ken Wiederhorn
Story byRobert J. Avrech
Produced byJohn R. Bowey
David Witz
Sandy Howard
StarringMichael Moriarty
Jenny Agutter
Carol Lynley
Theodore Bikel
Anne Lockhart
CinematographyGordon Hayman
Edited byTom Merchant
Music byStacy Widelitz
Production
company
Sandy Howard Productions
Distributed byFries Distribution Company (US)
Release dates
  • October 29, 1987 (1987-10-29) (MIFED premiere)
  • February 1, 1989 (1989-02-01) (US)
[2]
Running time
91 minutes
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom[3]
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish

Dark Tower is a 1987 supernatural horror film directed by Freddie Francis and starring Michael Moriarty, Jenny Agutter, Theodore Bikel, Carol Lynley, Kevin McCarthy and Anne Lockhart. It centers on a high-rise building haunted by a malicious presence.

The film had a troubled production, with Freddie Francis disowning the final cut and crediting under a pseudonym, 'Ken Barnett'.[4] This was his final film as director, before he returned to cinematography full-time. It premiered at the MIFED Film Festival in October 1987, and was released direct-to-video in the United States.

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  2. ^ a b '"Dark Tower (1989)". tcm.com. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  3. ^ '"Dark Tower (1989)". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on February 17, 2019. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference BSC Freddie Francis article2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).