Journey to the Unknown (film)
Journey to the Unknown is a 1970 British-American made-for-television thriller film featuring two episodes derived from the 1968–1969 anthology television series of the same name starring Vera Miles and Patty Duke, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and Don Chaffey. The film contains the following episodes:
- "Matakitas is Coming" (original broadcast: November 28, 1968 on ABC)
- "The Last Visitor" (original broadcast: January 2, 1969 on ABC)
| Journey to the Unknown | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Thriller |
| Written by | Robert Heverley Alfred Shaughnessy |
| Directed by | Michael Lindsay-Hogg Don Chaffey |
| Presented by | Joan Crawford |
| Starring | Vera Miles Patty Duke |
| Music by | Norman Kay David Lindup |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Joan Harrison Norman Lloyd |
| Producer | Anthony Hinds |
| Cinematography | Arthur Lavis Ken Talbot |
| Editor | Inman Hunter |
| Running time | 106 minutes |
| Production company | Hammer Film Productions |
| Distributor | 20th Century Fox Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syndication |
| Original release | 15 June 1970 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Journey into Darkness |
| Followed by | Journey to Murder Journey to Midnight |
Joan Crawford is featured as hostess in a dark library setting who provides a short narration and introduces the two episodes.
Plot
"Matakitas is Coming"
- Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
- Written by: Robert Heverley
- Cast: Vera Miles (June Wiley), Leon Lissek (Andros Matakitas), Gay Hamilton (Sylvia Ann), Lyn Pinkney (Tracy), Dermot Walsh (Ken), John Junkin (Robert)
June Wiley is a criminologist doing research on a dead 1920s mad serial killer named Andros Matakitas who finds herself alone and trapped inside a deserted library where, 41 years earlier, he killed the librarian.[1]
"The Last Visitor"
- Director: Don Chaffey
- Written by: Alfred Shaughnessy
- Cast: Patty Duke (Barbara King), Kay Walsh (Mrs. Walker), Geoffrey Bayldon (Mr. Plimmer), Joan Newell (Mrs. Plimmer), Blake Butler (Butler), John Bailey (Mitchell), Michael Craze (Fred), Sally James (Peggy)
A young woman on holiday at a seaside resort hotel is stalked by a mysterious prowler which Mrs. Walker (Kay Walsh), the proprietress of the resort, informs her is her estranged, psychotic husband.[2]