what a great actor to have in such an awful story . the film and it production and however and be quite good and even though set in london but with exterior in bristol . no matter see one cathedral and you have see em all and sort of . the story however . be about a man bear with the power to wreak death and destruction upon anybody and anything and should he so wish . with just a passing reference to true life instance of telekinesis and the narrative build a picture of a man misuse and misjudge a a boy and a teenager and finally a a man while so much so and in fact and that he exact vengeance at will and literally . over time and he come to the conclusion that the whole world be head the wrong way and thus set out to destroy the lot just by think about it . the trouble with the narrative and however and be that it try to mix genuine scientific data about strange mental power and merge it all with quasi religious claptrap to produce a hodge podge theory about it all . mix fact and fantasy in this fashion rarely work and i be afraid richard burton have to overact awfully on some occasion when try to sound convincing . his very best scene and however and be when he give his wife and her lover a verbal pasting a they leave his home represent sharp and witty and deadly dialog and deliver a only burton could . a good supporting cast help to make thing look and sound a lot well and though and begin with lino ventura and whom i last saw in garde a vu ( 1981 ) and a inspector brunel while harry andrew a assistant commissioner while the much under rat lee remick a dr zonfeld while derek jacobi a a publisher and towney and and a few other well know character actor . i like the way the story be present and a flashback within flashback to fill in the back story and thus solve the immediate mystery of the attempted murder of morlar ( richard burton ) and the writer with the killer disposition . up till that point and it be a good piece of visual detective work by brunel and his english sidekick . still and it be very predictable a it become quickly very obvious to me about the identity of the would be murderer . then and they go and spoil it all in the last fifteen minute . if you want a clue about what that be and think samson and delilah ( 1949 ) and from the illustrious cecil b. de mille and and how samson get the bad guy in the end . and and the very last scene be just plain stupid . why . because there be at least a hundred way that morlar rampage could have be stop and absolutely . shame and actually and because this could have be a lot good story and movie . i guess burton really need the money . if youre burton fan and then spend the time to see that scene i mention above . otherwise and do not bother .