Director: John Krish
Cast: Rod Taylor, Carol White, James Booth
Synopsis
The dark side of Swinging London is explored in The Man Who Had Power Over Women, starring
Rod Taylor (The Birds, Zabriskie Point), Carol White (Cathy Come Home), James Booth (90° in the
Shade), and Keith Barron (The Land That Time Forgot).
Womanising talent agent Peter Reaney (Taylor) splits from his long-suffering wife, moves in with
his best friend Val (Booth), and promptly starts an affair with Val’s wife Jody (White). Added to the
complexities of his personal life is his client, wayward popstar Barry Black (Clive Francis), for
whom he is asked to cover up a dark secret...
Directed by John Krish (Unearthly Stranger), this release includes extensive interview material
with Krish, as well as newly restored versions of two of Krish’s acclaimed short films – Break In
(1956), and the powerful anti-apartheid drama-documentary Let My People Go (1961).
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
• New 4K restoration
• Original mono audio
• The BEHP Interview with John Krish (1994–2004, 90 mins): archival audio recording of the
celebrated director in a career-spanning conversation with Rodney Giesler, made as part of the
British Entertainment History Project
• A Bad Marriage (2023, 11 mins): screenwriter Allan Scott discusses the process of adapting The
Man Who Had Power Over Women for the big screen with writing partner Chris Bryant, and the
reasons for removing their names from the final film
• Break-In (1956, 44 mins): Krish’s dramatised training film about the military police, made for the
British Army and featuring Jim Dale in his earliest-known screen appearance
• Let My People Go (1961, 23 mins): Krish’s powerful, polemical film which combines archival
footage and staged reconstructions to inform and educate about the brutal realities of Apartheid
in South Africa
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Limited edition exclusive 40-page booklet with a new essay by Vic Pratt, archival interviews with
Rod Taylor and John Krish, new writing on Break-In, Patrick Russell on Let My People Go, and film
credits
• US premiere on Blu-ray
• Limited edition of 3,000 copies for the US
All extras subject to change
