The Wicker Man (1973) - Credits and Details

The Wicker Man Credits and Details

Directed by
	Robin Hardy
Written by
	Anthony Shaffer
	David Pinner
Cast
	Edward Woodward	...	Sergeant Howie
	Christopher Lee	...	Lord Summerisle
	Diane Cilento	...	Miss Rose
	Britt Ekland	...	Willow
	Ingrid Pitt	...	Librarian
	Lindsay Kemp	...	Alder MacGreagor
	Russell Waters	...	Harbour Master
	Aubrey Morris	...	Old Gardener / Gravedigger
	Irene Sunters	...	May Morrison (as Irene Sunter)
	Walter Carr	...	School Master
	Ian Campbell	...	Oak
	Leslie Blackater	...	Hairdresser
	Roy Boyd	...	Broome
	Peter Brewis	...	Musician
	Barbara Rafferty	...	Woman with Baby (as Barbara Ann Brown)
	Juliet Cadzow	...	Villager on Summerisle (as Juliette Cadzow)
	Ross Campbell	...	Communicant
	Penny Cluer	...	Gillie
	Michael John Cole	...	Musician (as Michael Cole)
	Kevin Collins	...	Old Fisherman
	Gerry Cowper	...	Rowan Morrison (as Geraldine Cowper)
	Ian Cutler	...	Musician
	Donald Eccles	...	T.H. Lennox
	Myra Forsyth	...	Mrs. Grimmond
	John Hallam	...	P.C. McTaggert
	Alison Hughes	...	Fiancée to Howie
	Charles Kearney	...	Butcher
	Fiona Kennedy	...	Holly
	John McGregor	...	Baker (as John Macgregor)
	Jimmy MacKenzie	...	Briar (as Jimmy Mackenzie)
	Lesley Mackie	...	Daisy (as Leslie Mackie)
	Jennifer Martin	...	Myrtle Morrison
	Bernard Murray	...	Musician
	Helen Norman	...	Villager on Summerisle
	Lorraine Peters	...	Girl on Grave
	Tony Roper	...	Postman
	John Sharp	...	Doctor Ewan
	Elizabeth Sinclair	...	Villager on Summerisle
	Andrew Tompkins	...	Musician
	Ian Wilson	...	Communicant
	Richard Wren	...	Ash Buchanan
	John Young	...	Fishmonger
Uncredited Cast
	S. Newton Anderson	...	Landers
	Pauline Chamberlain	...	Parishioner
	Mabel Etherington	...	Old Lady Parishioner
	Paul Giovanni	...	Musician
	Robin Hardy	...	Minister
	Tina Hart	...	Woman in Yellow Dress with Oak in Green Man Inn
	Aileen Lewis	...	Villager
	George Oliver	...	Parishioner
	Ian Selby	...	Old Guy Parishioner Wearing Glasses
	Fred Wood	...	Parishioner (Singing Hymn in Church)
Produced by
	Peter Snell
Original Music by
	Paul Giovanni

Additional Info
Premiere:	December 1973
Theatrical Release:	June 1975
DVD Release:	August 21, 2001
Blu-ray Release:	January 07, 2014
Country:
Distributor:	Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Websites:

Ratings
7.6 / 10	7.5 / 10	87 / 100

Production Companies
British Lion Film Corporation (presents) (as British Lion)

Distributors
Warner Bros. (1974) (USA) (theatrical) (limited)
Summerisle Films (1977) (USA) (theatrical) (reissue)
Abraxas Film (1979) (USA) (theatrical) (reissue)
Dynamite Entertainment (1979) (USA) (theatrical) (reissue)
Rialto Pictures (2013) (USA) (theatrical) (reissue)
Anchor Bay Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
Anchor Bay Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
Anchor Bay Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
Anchor Bay Entertainment (USA) (VHS)
Media Home Entertainment (1978) (USA) (VHS)
Republic Pictures Home Video (USA) (VHS)

Filming Locations
Burrow Head, Isle of Whithorn, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK (climax: burning of the Wicker Man)
Cally Estate Offices, Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK (Green Man Inn - exterior)
Culzean Castle, Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK (Exteriors ofLord Summerisle's island mansion)
Dumfries & GallowaCreetown, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UKy, Scotland, UK
Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK
Ellen Gowan Hotel, Creetown, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK (Green Man Inn - interior)
Harbour Cottage Gallery, Harbour Cottage Cottage, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK (Bakery)
Hush Heath Estate, Staplehurst, Kent, England, UK (Lord Summerisle's orchard) (Lord Summerisle's gardens)
Isle of Whithorn, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK
Logan Botanic Gardens, Port Logan, Nr. Stranraer DG9 9ND, United Kingdom (Lord Summerisle's Gardens)
Luce Bay, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK
Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK (on location)
Old Police Station, High Street, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK (Rowan's mother's shop)
Physgill, Luce Bay, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK
Plockton, Highland, Scotland, UK (Summer isle where Howie's sea plane lands)
Portpatrick, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK (location)
Ruined Church, Anworth, Scotland, UK (Maypole Dance, Schoolhouse, Desecrated Church)
Schoolhouse / Old Kirk, Anwoth, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK (Summerisle school)
Scotland, UK
St Ninian's Cave, Physgill, Luce Bay, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK (beach and cave scene)
UK

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