
The witch-burning days of New England are graphically recalled in this film adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic short story.
Directed by Donald Fox, Young Goodman Brown leans on a strong ensemble — Mark Bramhall, Peter Kilman, Maggie McOmie — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 1972.
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England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.
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