"I kept thinking perhaps it was my fault, after all, that she did what she did and lost my respect. Then I thought, no. It was her fault. She asked for everything she got. My only mistake was aiming too high. I ought to have seen I'd never get what I wanted from someone like Miranda with all her la-di-da ideas and clever tricks. I ought to have got someone who would respect me more. Someone ordinary. Someone I could teach."

"Almost a love story."

"She is young and innocent. He is young...and not so innocent."

"I suppose it was the loneliness... and being far away from anyplace that made me decide to buy the house. And after I did, I told myself I'll never go through with the plan — even though I'd made all the preparations ... and knew where she was every minute of the day."

"You won't dare open your mouth, but you'll be screaming for her to escape!"

"Terence Stamp - Freddie Clegg"

"Ron Perry — Arthur"

"Derry O'Donovan — Lillian, the maid"

"Barbara Dowling — Kathleen Haloran"

"Eithne Dunne — Lady Haloran"

"Peter Read — John Haloran"

"Bart Patton — Billy Haloran"

"Mary Mitchell — Kane"

"Karl Schnazer — Simon, the poacher"

"I've discovered things in this house that make me uneasy."

"These nursery rhymes are notoriously expressive."

"I've known this family for a very long time. I've been aware of the atmosphere of depression and the slightly demented quality that hangs over it."

"Billy Haloran: [singing] Fishy, Fishy, In the brook, Daddy caught you, On a hook..."

"You know, the one thing in the world that really chills my bones to the marrow is when a pretty girl in a wedding dress looks at me and finds me repulsive."

"Kane: Sometimes I get the feeling you think I'm some sort of a Christmas Tree decoration. Hang me up and look at me on all happy days and tie me up and put me in a box when it gets gloomy."

"William Campbell — Richard Haloran"

"Drink's the only road to survival in this climate. Despite your useless American education, you're still Irish, you know. Drink up."

"Mother, I don't care what tragedy hangs over this family. I want to get married. I'm engaged to be married. I'm going to get married."

"Castle Haloran is a bit perplexing, a very strange place really, old and musty, the kind of place you'd expect a ghost to like to wander around in."

"Luana Anders — Louise Haloran"

"Simon: Forgive me, Miss. The last thing in the world old Simon would want to do is to frighten a fresh, young beauty - like yourself."

"The typewriter. He wouldn't forget that. He'd have to write letters on the plane. I wonder if he'll rot under water?"

"Patrick Magee — Dr. Justin Caleb"

"You Must Pass the "D-13" Test To Prepare You for the Horrifying Experience of Dementia 13. If You Fail the Test...You Will Be Asked to Leave the Theater!"

"Simon: Don't turn me over to the bulls."

"Are You Afraid of Death by Drowning?... Have You Ever Attempted Suicide?... Have you Ever Thought of Committing Murder?"

"[menacing Tobie with a pair of scissors] I hope Dave likes what he sees when he gets here. Because that's what he's taking to Hell with him!"

"An invitation to terror"

"The scream you hear may be your own!"

"Clint Eastwood - Dave Garver"

"You haven't got the faintest idea of what love is, we don't even know each other."

"Jessica Walter - Evelyn Draper"

"Don Siegel - Murphy"

"Clarice Taylor - Birdie"

"James McEachin - Al Monte"

"Donna Mills - Tobie Williams"

"John Larch - Sgt. McCallum"

"Jack Ging - Frank"

"Irene Hervey - Madge"

"Tetsu Komai — The Gardener"

"Paul Frees — Narrator"

"Lloyd Bochner — The Dream"

"Marjorie Bennett — The Manager"

"Robert Taylor — Barry Morland"

"Judi Meredith — Joyce"