Based upon the Celtic legend Tam Lin, a young man is bewitched by a beautiful, heartless, aging sorceress to become her lover. When his attention wanders to a lovely girl, he is doomed to ritual sacrifice by the sorceress.
Ava Gardner
as Michaela Cazaret
Ian McShane
as Tom Lynn
Richard Wattis
as Elroy
Cyril Cusack
as Vicar Julian Ainsley
Stephanie Beacham
as Janet Ainsley
David Whitman
as Oliver
Fabia Drake
as Miss Gibson
Sinéad Cusack
as Rose
Joanna Lumley
as Georgia
Jenny Hanley
as Caroline
Madeline Smith
as Sue
Bruce Robinson
as Alan
