It! (1967): Cast & Plot
It! is a 1967 horror film directed by Herbert J. Leder, starring Ernest Clark as Harold Grove, Roddy McDowall and Jill Haworth. It runs 1 hour 36 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 36m (96 min)
- Director
- Herbert J. Leder
- Genre
- Horror
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Gold Star Films Ltd.
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is It! About?
The premise of It! without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
Bullets, fire, water—nothing can destroy the cursed statue. After a warehouse blaze wipes out a museum’s collection, director Grove and assistant Pimm find a single figure that survived untouched. Grove is later found dead, apparently killed by the statue. Pimm discovers it was forged by a 16th‑century Rabbi Loew, immune to all damage, and schemes to use its power for his own advantage.
It! Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- psychotronic film
- nuclear weapon
- reference to prague czechoslovakia
- sinister
- museum curator
- passed over for promotion
- mysterious death
- reference to the metropolitan museum of art manhattan new york city
- reference to mars the roman deity
- reference to zeus the greek deity
- american in england
- london england
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- cloisters
- inspector
- fire
- curator
- warehouse
- written by director
- writer director producer
- one word title
- talking to a corpse
- reference to the hydrogen bomb
- bridge
- doused with gasoline
- newspaper headline
- indestructible
- castle
- view through binoculars
- monster
- museum assistant
- burning building
- rubble
- inscription
- warehouse fire
- bypassed for a job promotion
- dead mother
- assistant
- reference to frankenstein
- rubbing
- translation
- scroll
- supernatural horror
- legend
- ancient artifact
- new boss
- master servant relationship
- jewel
- command
- murder
- framed for a crime
It! Cast & Characters
Ernest Clark leads the cast as Harold Grove, with Roddy McDowall as Arthur Pimm and Jill Haworth as Ellen Grove. Directed by Herbert J. Leder; 12 actors are credited in all.
- Director Herbert J. Leder
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Ernest Clark as Harold Grove -
Roddy McDowall as Arthur Pimm - Jill Haworth as Ellen Grove
- Paul Maxwell as Jim Perkins
Also Starring in It!
· 8 more- John Baker Guard
- Oliver Johnston Curator Trimingham
- Ian McCulloch Detective Wayne
- Noel Trevarthen Insp. White
- Aubrey Richards Prof. Weal
- Richard Goolden The Old Rabbi
- Dorothy Frere Miss Swanson
- Alan Sellers The Golem
It! Plot Summary
What happens in It! from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 10 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
In a quiet London setting, a warehouse fire at a museum sparks a mystery that will coil through art, obsession, and ancient danger. The blaze leaves intact a statue that the museum’s head curator, Ernest Clark, identifies as a relic labeled the “Mid-European Primitive.” The catastrophe is followed by a chilling turn of events when the curator is killed during a late inspection of the artifact, and his assistant, Roddy McDowall as Arthur Pimm, is sent off to fetch a flashlight. What begins as a routine recovery mission quickly spirals into a sequence of unexplained deaths and catastrophic accidents, all strangely tied to the statue.
Full summary
The whole story of It!, scene by scene
It! Trailers & Videos
The trailer of It!.
Cars in It!
7 cars on screen, including the 1931 Rolls-Royce 20/25 h.p. Hearse and the 1960 Triumph 6T Thunderbird.
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1931 Rolls-Royce 20/25 h.p. Hearse Important role -
1960 Triumph 6T Thunderbird Important role -
1957 Austin 301 Minor role -
1952 Austin FV1801A 'Champ' Minor role
Seen It!?
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Films with a similar story, tone or audience, including It, Cataclysm and Manhattan Baby.
It! FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of It!, each answered in a sentence.
How long is It!?
It! runs 1 hour 36 minutes (96 minutes).
When was It! released?
It! was released on July 1, 1967.
Who directed It!?
It! was directed by Herbert J. Leder.
More films by Herbert J. Leder Who is in the cast of It!?
It! stars Ernest Clark as Harold Grove, Roddy McDowall as Arthur Pimm and Jill Haworth as Ellen Grove, among 12 credited actors.
Does It! have a post-credit scene?
No. It! has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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