The Sentinel

1977 film directed by Michael Winner

Movie film Q609312

Facts

29 properties

Instance of: film
Director: Michael Winner^[1]
Genre: horror film, ghost film^[4]^[5]
Publication date: January 7, 1977, February 11, 1977, April 21, 1977, May 12, 1977, May 16, 1977, May 31, 1977, June 10, 1977, June 11, 1977, July 7, 1977, July 13, 1977, February 16, 1978, March 16, 1979, June 6, 1979, November 13, 1979^[30]^[31]^[32]^[33]^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]^[38]^[39]^[40]^[41]^[42]^[43]
Screenwriter: Michael Winner^[2]
Based on: The Sentinel^[6]
Producer: Jeffrey Konvitz^[21]
Duration: +92, +90^[51]^[52]
Assessment: Bechdel test
Australian Classification: R 18+
Box office: +4000000^[53]
CNC film rating (France): no minors under sixteen^[54]
Cast member: Chris Sarandon, Eli Wallach, Christopher Walken, Martin Balsam, John Carradine, José Ferrer, Ava Gardner, Arthur Kennedy, Burgess Meredith, Sylvia Miles, Jerry Orbach, Beverly D'Angelo, Jeff Goldblum, Deborah Raffin, Hank Garrett, Cristina Raines^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]
Color: color^[28]
Composer: Gil Mellé^[3]
Country of origin: United States^[29]
Director of photography: Richard C. Kratina^[23]
Distributed by: Universal Pictures^[44]
Distribution format: video on demand^[25]
Film editor: Bernard Gribble, Terry Rawlings^[47]^[48]
Has characteristic: film based on a novel^[50]
Main subject: supernatural^[46]
Narrative location: Brooklyn^[45]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[24]

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P14449: 8885
P14821: 76683
Production company: Universal Pictures^[22]
Review score: 50%, 6/10^[26]^[27]
Title: The Sentinel^[49]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 58

Library of Congress authority ID: no2018131806
AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID: 55858
AllMovie title ID: v43728
Allcinema film ID: 12991
AlloCiné film ID: 38515
Amazon Standard Identification Number: B005EYG1JG
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.3icfrledp7c6v2144cbx13c2q
Bechdel Test Movie List ID: 4200
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 720951
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 6816
ClassInd audiovisual work ID: 14031
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 10973

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Dvdcompare.net film ID: 3315, 28216
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/7F68-5A1B-4376-7EB2-3803-R
ElFilm film ID: 76501
Elonet movie ID: 132240
Exploitation mark number: 47377
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/hexensabbat
FilmAffinity film ID: 987782
FilmPolski ID: 11852
FilmVandaag ID: film/21218
Filmfront film ID (archived): 31726
Filmová databáze film ID: 71770
Filmweb.pl film ID: 9820
Freebase ID: /m/06dt8s
ICAA film catalogue ID: 535751
IMDb ID: tt0076683
ISAN: 0000-0000-67BE-0000-E-0000-0000-W
ITunes movie ID: 1101979630
Il mondo dei doppiatori ID: film1/sentinel1977
KINENOTE film ID: 5157
Kinobox film ID: 215331
Kinopoisk film ID: 6920
LUMIERE film ID: 264468
LdiF ID: 11098
Letterboxd film ID: the-sentinel
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 22279
Mediafilm ID: mf-tt-3353674170
Movie Review Query Engine ID: the-sentinel-m100001372
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv5148
MovieMeter film ID: 13852
Moviepilot.de film ID: hexensabbat
NientePopCorn movie ID: the-sentinel-1322211246
OFDb film ID: 324
OMDb film ID: 90640
PORT film ID: 111980
Plex media key: 5d9f352adfd12800208a0790
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/the_sentinel_1977
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 7717
Swedish Film Database ID: 8261
TCM Movie Database film ID: 21817
TMDB movie ID: 18196
TV.com ID: movies/the-sentinel
TheTVDB movie ID: 11971
Trakt.tv ID: movies/the-sentinel-1977
Trakt.tv film ID: 11130
Unconsenting Media ID: 6849
ČSFD film ID: 10601

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 16

Ava Gardner, Christopher Walken, Jeff Goldblum, Burgess Meredith, Eli Wallach, José Ferrer, John Carradine, Martin Balsam +8 more

Assessment 1

Bechdel test

Composer 1

Gil Mellé

Country of origin 1

United States

Director 1

Michael Winner

Distributed by 1

Universal Pictures

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Film editor 1

Terry Rawlings

Genre 1

horror film

Instance of 1

film

Main subject 1

supernatural

Narrative location 1

Brooklyn

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Production company 1

Universal Pictures

Screenwriter 1

Michael Winner

← FactGrid item ID 1

Kalwy

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ The Sentinel — director (P57): Michael Winner. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-09. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ The Sentinel — screenwriter (P58): Michael Winner. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ The Sentinel — composer (P86): Gil Mellé. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ The Sentinel — genre (P136): horror film. nytimes.com. Retrieved 2016-04-09. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ The Sentinel — genre (P136): ghost film. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ The Sentinel — based on (P144): The Sentinel. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ The Sentinel — cast member (P161): Chris Sarandon. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ The Sentinel — cast member (P161): Eli Wallach. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ The Sentinel — cast member (P161): Christopher Walken. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ The Sentinel — cast member (P161): Martin Balsam. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ The Sentinel — cast member (P161): John Carradine. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ The Sentinel — cast member (P161): José Ferrer. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ The Sentinel — cast member (P161): Ava Gardner. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ The Sentinel — cast member (P161): Arthur Kennedy. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ The Sentinel — cast member (P161): Burgess Meredith. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ The Sentinel — cast member (P161): Sylvia Miles. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ The Sentinel — cast member (P161): Jerry Orbach. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ The Sentinel — cast member (P161): Beverly D'Angelo. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ The Sentinel — cast member (P161): Jeff Goldblum. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ The Sentinel — cast member (P161): Deborah Raffin. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ The Sentinel — producer (P162): Jeffrey Konvitz. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ The Sentinel — production company (P272): Universal Pictures. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ The Sentinel — director of photography (P344): Richard C. Kratina. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ The Sentinel — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ The Sentinel — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ The Sentinel — review score (P444): 50%. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-06. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ The Sentinel — review score (P444): 6/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-06. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ The Sentinel — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ The Sentinel — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ The Sentinel — publication date (P577): January 7, 1977. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ The Sentinel — publication date (P577): February 11, 1977. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ The Sentinel — publication date (P577): April 21, 1977. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ The Sentinel — publication date (P577): May 12, 1977. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ The Sentinel — publication date (P577): May 16, 1977. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ The Sentinel — publication date (P577): May 31, 1977. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ The Sentinel — publication date (P577): June 10, 1977. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ The Sentinel — publication date (P577): June 11, 1977. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ The Sentinel — publication date (P577): July 7, 1977. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ The Sentinel — publication date (P577): July 13, 1977. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ The Sentinel — publication date (P577): February 16, 1978. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ The Sentinel — publication date (P577): March 16, 1979. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ The Sentinel — publication date (P577): June 6, 1979. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ The Sentinel — publication date (P577): November 13, 1979. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ The Sentinel — distributed by (P750): Universal Pictures. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ The Sentinel — narrative location (P840): Brooklyn. wikidata.org.
[46] ↑ The Sentinel — main subject (P921): supernatural. wikidata.org.
[47] ↑ The Sentinel — film editor (P1040): Bernard Gribble. wikidata.org.
[48] ↑ The Sentinel — film editor (P1040): Terry Rawlings. wikidata.org.
[49] ↑ The Sentinel — title (P1476): The Sentinel. wikidata.org.
[50] ↑ The Sentinel — has characteristic (P1552): film based on a novel. wikidata.org.
[51] ↑ The Sentinel — duration (P2047): 92 minutes. wikidata.org.
[52] ↑ The Sentinel — duration (P2047): 90 minutes. wikidata.org.
[53] ↑ The Sentinel — box office (P2142): 4,000,000 US dollars. wikidata.org.
[54] ↑ The Sentinel — CNC film rating (France) (P2758): no minors under sixteen. cnc.fr. cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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3d ago · Fotis A. · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Sitelink count → 14

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Publication date → +1977-01-07T00:00:00Z, +1977-02-11T00:00:00Z, +1977-04-21T00:00:00Z +11

Screenwriter → Michael Winner

Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+92'}, {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+90'}

Original language of film or TV show → English

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