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The Devils
Aldous Huxley's "The Devils of Loudon" filmed by Russell. About power, corruption and political expediency as the church (Cardinal Richelieu) and state (Louis XIII) battle for power over the city of Loudon. And Father Urbain Grandier in Loudon will fall victim, a priest who has lovers yet turns out to have nobility.

The original version was censored, the later versions include the short but harrowing torture scene. The power of Russell's imagery was so powerful that many critics complained of scenes which they thought were in the film, but were not, rather they were implied.

When on a television programme with Russell, critic Alexander Walker called the film "monstrously indecent", Russell famously hit him over the head with a rolled up newspaper.