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How Awful About Allan ()

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After an eight-month stay in a mental hospital, a tormented man comes home to live with his sister; but a mysterious boarder may be trying to kill him.
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Allan
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Katherine
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Olive
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Raymond
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Dr. Ellins
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Inmate
Billy Bowles ...
Harold Dennis
Trent Dolan ...
Eric
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Dr. Ames (as William Erwin)
Jeannette Howe ...
Katherine - Child
Kenneth Lawrence ...
Allan - Child
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Charles Briles ...
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Curtis Harrington

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Henry Farrell ... (teleplay)
 
Henry Farrell ... (novel "How Awful About Allan")

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George Edwards ... producer
Aaron Spelling ... executive producer

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Laurence Rosenthal

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Fleet Southcott ... director of photography

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Richard W. Farrell ... (as Richard Farrell)

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Art Seid ... editorial supervisor

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Tracy Bousman

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Ken Swartz

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Robert Harris Sr.
Jerrie Woods

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Ted Coodley ... makeup artist

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Norman Henry ... executive in charge of production
Jim Lane ... production manager

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Bruce Fowler Jr. ... assistant director (as Bruce Fowler)

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Jesse Stone ... construction coordinator
Bill Wainess ... property master (as William Wainess)

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Gene Eliot ... sound editor
Bill Ford ... sound engineer

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Joe Lombardi ... special effects

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John Franco Jr. ... visual consultant

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Betty Martin ... casting supervisor

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George Duning ... music supervisor
Rocky Moriana ... music editor

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Alan Greedy ... script supervisor (as Allan Greedy)

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Paulle Clark ... assistant to producer
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After a fire that killed his father and scarred his sister, a guilt-ridden victim of psychosomatic blindness is released from a mental hospital and returns home to stay with his estranged sister, but it appears that someone is out for revenge and wants to drive him crazy. Written by alfiehitchie

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Taglines Allan, Wouldn't You Be Better Off Dead? See more »
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Also Known As
  • Vengeance en différé (France)
  • La horrible historia de Allan (Spain)
  • La noche del juglar (Spain)
  • Senderos de oscuridad (Spain)
  • Qué terrible lo de Allan (Panama)
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Trivia Anthony Perkins had special contact lenses made that he could barely see through, so he'd actually be nearly blind while filming his scenes. He popped the lenses in just prior to filming and was led onto the set by a crew member. See more »
Goofs Apparently set in dead of winter (everyone keeps talking about freezing temperatures and how cold it is), but grass, trees and bushes in exterior scenes are all green. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into How Awful About Allan (2016). See more »
Quotes [after rescuing his sister from a house fire]
Allan: I'm blind.
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