Misattributed Quote from Witchfinder General
Misattributed: [[Stephen Fry; [QI]
* Misattributed to Price's performance in this film, based on a misremembering by ] on an episode of ].
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The Pain of Sound and Silence
Misattributed:
Pray, speak quietly, every sound you make is such exquisite agony to me.
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A Warning for Sensitive Viewers
Taglines:
LEAVE THE CHILDREN HOME! ...and if YOU are SQUEAMISH STAY HOME WITH THEM!!
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Beware the Witch Hunter's Judgment
Taglines:
The depraved must die... BEWARE the Witch Hunter!
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Unleashing Fire and Fury
Taglines:
Vincent Price unleashes a reign of fire and fury.
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Evil Ignites in England's Civil War
Taglines:
In the midst of England's bloodiest civil war, Evil ignites.
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Justice Through Torture and Murder
Taglines:
They revelled in torture and murder all in the name of justice.
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High Stakes Lead to High Screams
Taglines:
There's lots of screaming when there's this much at stake!
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Loss and Despair in a Dark Moment
Swallow: [finding Richard beating Hopkins with an axe; takes Harcourt's gun and shoots Hopkins dead]
God!
Richard Marshall:
You took him away from me... you took him from me... you took him from me... you took him from me! YOU TOOK HIM FROM ME!
Swallow: [makes the sign of the cross]
... May God have mercy on us all.
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Misunderstanding Between Friends
Swallow:
Stop that, Richard!
Richard Marshall:
What?
Swallow:
What you're thinking.
Richard Marshall:
What am I thinking?
Swallow:
Ungodly thoughts of your Sara, that's my guess.
Richard Marshall:
Thoughts of Sara? Yes. Ungodly? Depends on how you look at it.
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The Rise of the Witchfinder General
Matthew Hopkins:
By the way, you know what they call me now?
John Stearne:
What?
Matthew Hopkins:
Witchfinder General.
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Power and Paranoia in Witch Hunts
John Stearne: [about Richard Marshall]
He's after our blood!
Matthew Hopkins:
You're forgetting our powers... he could be a witch.
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Civil War and the Rise of Witch Hunts
Gen. Oliver Cromwell:
The year is 1645, England is in the grip of bloody Civil War. On the one side stand the Royalist party of King Charles, on the other, Cromwell's Parliamentary party: the Roundheads. The Structure of law and order has collapsed. Local Magistrates indulge their individual whims, justice and injustice are dispensed in more or less equal quantities, without opposition. An atmosphere in which the unscrupulous revel, and the likes of Matthew Hopkins take full advantage of the situation. In a time where the superstitions of country folk are still a powerful factor, Hopkins preys upon them, torturing and killing in a supposed drive to eliminate witchcraft from the country, and doing so with the full blessing of what law there is. However, his influence is confined largely to the Eastern Sector of the country: East Anglia, which is held firmly in Cromwell's grasp, but not so firmly that Roundhead cavalry patrols have everything their way. For there persists an ever present threat of the remnants of the Royalist armies, desperately foraging for food, horses and supplies.
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Authority and Fear in Witchfinder General
Matthew Hopkins: [[Edgar Allan Poe; [w:The Conqueror Worm|The Conqueror Worm]
* from ]'s ]; included in the U.S. release
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The Tragedy of Man and the Conqueror Worm
Matthew Hopkins: [voiceover]
Out-out are the lights-out all!/And over each quivering form/The curtain, a funeral pall,/Comes down with the rush of a storm,/While the angels, all pallid and wan,/Uprising, unveiling, affirm/That the play is the tragedy, Man,'/And its hero, the Conqueror Worm.
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Assertion of Innocence
Matthew Hopkins: [a tied-up woman Hopkins has thrown into the moat to test for witchcraft drowns]
She was innocent.
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Judgment on the Mark of Satan
Matthew Hopkins: [Hopkins and his men throw three securely-bound people into the moat as a witchcraft test]
They swim... the mark of Satan is upon them. They must hang.
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Seeking the Truth Without Fear
Matthew Hopkins:
I will find out the truth for you, have no fear.
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Strange Motives Behind Men's Actions
Matthew Hopkins:
Men sometimes have strange motives for the things they do.
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The Burden of Justice and Guilt
Matthew Hopkins: [[Edgar Allan Poe; [w:The Conqueror Worm|The Conqueror Worm]
* from ]'s ]; included in the U.S. release
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A Night of Hope and Despair
Matthew Hopkins: [voiceover]
Lo! Tis a gala night/Within the lonesome latter years./An angel throng, bewinged, bedight/In veils, and drowned in tears,/Sit in a theatre to see/A play of hopes and fears,/While the orchestra breathes fitfully/The music of the spheres.
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