Night of the Eagle

Night of the Eagle
British film poster
Directed bySidney Hayers
Screenplay by
Based onConjure Wife
by Fritz Leiber
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyReginald Wyer
Edited byRalph Sheldon
Music byWilliam Alwyn
Production
company
Distributed by
Release dates
  • May 1962 (1962-05) (UK)
  • 25 April 1962 (1962-04-25) (US)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£50,000[1]

Night of the Eagle (U.S. title: Burn, Witch, Burn; also known as Conjure Wife [2]) is a 1962 British horror film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Peter Wyngarde and Janet Blair.[2] The script by Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson and George Baxt was based upon the 1943 Fritz Leiber novel Conjure Wife.[3]

  1. ^ John Hamilton, The British Independent Horror Film 1951-70 Hemlock Books 2013 p 101-107
  2. ^ a b "Night of the Eagle". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Why I love ... Night of the Eagle".