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Equus

Equus

I am yours and you are mine.

19777.02h 17m

Overview

A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike in a stable in Hampshire, England. The atrocity was committed by an unassuming seventeen-year-old stable boy named Alan Strang, the only son of an opinionated but inwardly-timid father and a genteel, religious mother. As Dysart exposes the truths behind the boy's demons, he finds himself face-to-face with his own.

Directed by Sidney Lumet
Written by Peter Shaffer
Produced by Elliott Kastner, Lester Persky
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Top Cast

Richard Burton

Richard Burton

Martin Dysart

Peter Firth

Peter Firth

Alan Strang

Joan Plowright

Joan Plowright

Dora Strang

Harry Andrews

Harry Andrews

Harry Dalton

Colin Blakely

Colin Blakely

Frank Strang

Eileen Atkins

Eileen Atkins

Hesther Saloman

Jenny Agutter

Jenny Agutter

Jill Mason

Kate Reid

Kate Reid

Margaret Dysart

John Wyman

John Wyman

Horseman

Elva Mai Hoover

Elva Mai Hoover

Miss Raintree

Themes & Keywords

horsepsychiatrist

About Equus

Equus is a drama, mystery, thriller film released in 1977 exploring themes of horse, psychiatrist. Directed by Sidney Lumet, it stars Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Joan Plowright. A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike in a stable in Hampshire, England. The atrocity was committed by an unassuming seventeen-year-old stable boy named Alan Strang, the only son of an opinionated but inwardly-timid father and a genteel, religious mother. As Dysart exposes the truths behind the boy's demons, he finds himself face-to-face with his own.

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