Cast:George C. Scott, Colleen Dewhurst, Melvyn Douglas, Tuesday Weld, Fritz Weaver, Cathleen Nesbitt, Henry Jones, Will Geer, Paula Bauersmith, Clarice Blackburn, Catherine Burns, Kathleen Cody, Thayer David, Dana Elcar, Karen Flynn, Carol Goldman, John Harkins, Don McHenry, Edgar Stehli, Louise Stubbs, Leigh Wharton
Synopsis
In the Puritan New England town of Salem, Massachusetts, a group of girls go dancing in the forest with a black slave named Tituba. While dancing, they are caught by the local minister, Reverend Parris. One of the girls, Parris's daughter Betty, falls into a coma-like state. A crowd gathers in the Parris home while rumors of witchcraft fill the town. Having sent for Reverend Hale, an expert on witchcraft, Parris questions Abigail Williams, the girls' ringleader, about the events that took place in the forest. Abigail, who is Parris's niece and ward, admits to doing nothing beyond "dancing".While Parris tries to calm the crowd that has gathered in his home, Abigail talks to some of the other girls, telling them not to admit to anything. John Proctor, a local farmer, then enters and talks to Abigail alone. Unbeknownst to anyone else in the town, while working in Proctor's home the previous year she engaged in an affair with him, which led to her being fired by his wife, Elizabeth. ...
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