Raw Meat (1972)
Death Line (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Unrated
- 1h 27min
- Horror, Mystery
- 14 Sep 1973 (USA)
- Movie
When a government official disappears in the London tunnels, after several reports of missing people in the same location, Scotland Yard start to take the matter seriously, along with a couple who stumble into a victim by accident.
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- 1 nomination.
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Cast verified as complete
| Donald Pleasence | ... |
Inspector Calhoun
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| Norman Rossington | ... |
Detective Sergeant Rogers
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| David Ladd | ... |
Alex Campbell
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| Sharon Gurney | ... |
Patricia Wilson
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Hugh Armstrong | ... |
The 'Man'
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June Turner | ... |
The 'Woman'
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| Clive Swift | ... |
Inspector Richardson
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| James Cossins | ... |
James Manfred, OBE
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Heather Stoney | ... |
P.C.W. Alice Marshall
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| Hugh Dickson | ... |
Dr. Bacon
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| Jack Woolgar | ... |
Platform Inspector
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Ron Pember | ... |
Lift Operator
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Colin McCormack | ... |
Police Constable 1
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Gary Winkler | ... |
Police Constable 2
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James Culliford | ... |
Publican (Jimmy)
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Suzanne Winkler | ... |
Prostitute
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| Gerry Crampton | ... |
Tunnel Worker
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| Terence Plummer | ... |
Tunnel Worker
(as Terry Plummer)
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Gordon Petrie | ... |
Tunnel Worker
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| Christopher Lee | ... |
Stratton-Villiers, MI5
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Jack Arrow | ... |
Tube Train Passenger (uncredited)
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| Jim Brady | ... |
Tube Train Passenger (uncredited)
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Ned Lynch | ... |
Tube Train Passenger (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Gary Sherman | ||
Written by
| Ceri Jones | ... | (screenplay) |
| Gary Sherman | ... | (original story) |
Produced by
| Jay Kanter | ... | executive producer (uncredited) |
| Alan Ladd Jr. | ... | executive producer (uncredited) |
| Paul Maslansky | ... | producer |
Music by
| Wil Malone | ... | (as Wil Mallone) |
| Jeremy Rose | ||
Cinematography by
| Alex Thomson | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Geoffrey Foot | ||
Casting By
| Mary Selway | ||
Art Direction by
| Denis Gordon-Orr | ... | (as Dennis Gordon-Orr) |
Makeup Department
| Harry Frampton | ... | makeup designer |
| Peter Frampton | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| Joyce Herlihy | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Lewis More O'Ferrall | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Tony Teiger | ... | property master |
Sound Department
| Cyril Collick | ... | sound recordist |
| Peter Gilpin | ... | dubbing recordist |
| John Hackney | ... | sound editor |
Special Effects by
| John Horton | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| David Cadwallader | ... | key grip |
| Dave Clarke | ... | chief electrician |
| Colin Corby | ... | camera operator |
| Trevor Brooker | ... | clapper loader (uncredited) |
| John Golding | ... | focus puller (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Wil Malone | ... | musical director (uncredited) |
| Jeremy Rose | ... | musical director (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
| Kay Rawlings | ... | continuity |
Additional Crew
| Dustin Bernard | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Rank Film Distributors (1972) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- American International Pictures (AIP) (1973) (United States) (theatrical)
- Astral Films (1973) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Avis-Filmverleih (1976) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- British Empire Films Australia (1974) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Blue Underground (2017) (United States) (DVD)
- Blue Underground (2017) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- El 9 Besepi S.L. (2021) (Spain)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- Palace Video Productions (1987) (Greece) (VHS)
- Pidax Film (2023) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Pidax Film (2023) (Germany) (DVD)
- Research Entertainment (1990) (Spain) (video)
- Research Entertainment (2014) (Spain) (video)
- Thorn-Emi Video (West Germany) (VHS)
- Vestron Video International (1986) (Australia) (video)
- Vestron Video International (1987) (Spain) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Lee Lighting (lighting)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
In London, the American college student Alex Campbell and his British girlfriend Patricia Wilson stumble upon a fainted man in the tube stairway in Russell Square. Patricia forces Alex to look for a guard to help the man but when they arrive, the man is gone. When the sarcastic Inspector Calhoun learns that the missing man is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, he asks Detective Sergeant Rogers to bring the couple to the precinct to confirm that the man was alive. Meanwhile MI5 agent Stratton-Villiers assumes the case and orders Calhoun to leave. However, there are other cases of missing persons in that station and Calhoun proceeds the investigation. What the officers do not know is that there is a cannibal survivor from a collapse in the tunnel in 1892 living in the underground that is kidnapping passengers to feed and to have companionship. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| Taglines | Beneath Modern London buries alive in its plague-ridden tunnels lives a tribe of once humans. Neither men nor women, they are less than animals.....they are the raw meat of the human race! See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Christopher Lee agreed to do the film for scale because he wanted to work with Donald Pleasence. Despite this, the two never share the screen together due to their large height difference (Lee was 6ft5 and Pleasence is 5ft6). Director Gary Sherman kept them in separate shots until Lee sits down at the end of the scene so that he wouldn't have issues fitting them both into the same frame. See more » |
| Goofs | At Russell Square Station there is a platform sign saying, "Way Out and District Line." The District line goes nowhere near Russell Square. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Nightmare Festival (1989). See more » |
| Quotes |
[repeated line]
The 'Man': Mind the doors! See more » |