Night of the Eagle

Night of the Eagle is a 1962 BritishU.S. horror film directed by Sidney Hayers. The script by Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson and George Baxt was based upon the 1943 Fritz Leiber novel Conjure Wife. The film was retitled Burn, Witch, Burn for the US release not to be confused with the 1932 novel of the same name by Abraham Merritt.

Almost immediately, things start to go wrong a female student Judith Stott accuses Norman of rape, her boyfriend Bill Mitchell threatens him with violence, and someone tries to break into the Taylors home during a thunderstorm. Tansy, willing to sacrifice her life for her husbands safety, almost drowns herself and is only saved at the last minute by Norman giving in to the practices he despises.Tansy attacks him with a knife while in a trance, but Norman disarms her and locks her in her room. Her limping walk during the attack gives Norman a clue to the person responsible for his ill luck university secretary Flora Carr Margaret Johnston, the wife of Lindsay whose career had stalled in favour of Normans. Flora uses witchcraft to set fire to the Taylor home with Tansy trapped inside. ........

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