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Equus

1977 • 2h17m Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Rating

7.0/10

Popularity

2

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.

Details

Director

Sidney Lumet

Screenplay

Peter Shaffer

Cast

Richard Burton

Peter Firth

Joan Plowright

Release date

10/16/1977

Status

Released

Origin country

US

GB

Vote count

141