In fiercely intelligent supernatural thriller The Medusa Touch, Richard Burton stars as novelist John Morlar, who is savagely attacked and left for dead as the film begins.

Detective Brunel heads the investigation that leads to Morlar's doctor, a woman called Zonfeld. She discloses a terrible secret about the infirm writer - he is convinced he has the power to will' destruction and death, to make cars crash and airplanes fall from the sky. Is he insane or possessed of malevolent powers?