Mr Corbett is a cruel employer to Ben Partridge. One night on New Years Eve Ben is sent out to deliver some medicine. Along the way he wishes his master was dead, little knowing that the man he is delivering to is the Collector of Souls.
Paul Scofield
as Mr. Corbett
John Huston
as Soul Collector
Burgess Meredith
as Mad Tom
Mark Farmer
as Benjamin Partridge
Lill Roughley
as Mrs Partridge
Kenneth Gilbert
as Uncle Harry
Alexei Sayle
as Toll Gate Keeper
Ted Burnett
as Landlord
Veronica Clifford
as Landlord's Wife
Mark Lewis
as Torn Cheek
Micky O' Donoughue
as Marble Eye
Clark Flanagan
as Apprentice