# The Medusa Touch (1978)

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**Runtime**: 109 min
**Genres**: Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery
**Directed by**: Jack Gold
**Written by**: John Briley
**Starring**: Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Lee Remick, Harry Andrews, Alan Badel, Marie-Christine Barrault

> *Richard Burton is the man with the medusa touch... he has the power to create catastrophe.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

London streets on a rainy night a taxi screeches. A detective pieces together a shattered life. This 70s thriller hints at psychic horror.

**Mood tags**: dread, paranoid

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