Equus (1977)

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I am yours and you are mine.

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.

• Released: 1977-10-16
• Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
• Runtime: 2h 17m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.0/10 from 145 votes

Directed by Sidney Lumet.

Top cast

• Richard Burton as Martin Dysart
• Peter Firth as Alan Strang
• Joan Plowright as Dora Strang
• Harry Andrews as Harry Dalton
• Colin Blakely as Frank Strang
• Eileen Atkins as Hesther Saloman
• Jenny Agutter as Jill Mason
• Kate Reid as Margaret Dysart
• John Wyman as Horseman
• Elva Mai Hoover as Miss Raintree

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