The Skull (film)

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The Skull
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Freddie Francis
Written by	Milton Subotsky Robert Bloch
Based on	short story "The Skull of the Marquis de Sade" by Robert Bloch
Produced by	Max Rosenberg Milton Subotsky
Starring	Peter Cushing Christopher Lee Jill Bennett Patrick Wymark Nigel Green
Cinematography	John Wilcox
Edited by	Oswald Hafenrichter
Music by	Elisabeth Lutyens
Production company	Amicus Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	25 August 1965 (1965-08-25)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Skull is a 1965 British horror film directed by Freddie Francis for Amicus Productions, and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, Patrick Wymark, Jill Bennett, Nigel Green, Patrick Magee and Peter Woodthorpe.^[1] The script was written by Milton Subotsky from a short story by Robert Bloch, "The Skull of the Marquis de Sade".

It was one of a number of British horror films of the sixties to be scored by avant-garde composer Elisabeth Lutyens, including several others for Amicus.