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Writers (WGA):
Davis Grubb (novel)
Edmond Stevens (teleplay)
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Release Date:
5 May 1991 (USA) more
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Tagline:
He preached against 'suffer the little children.' Then he went out and practised it. [Video] more
Plot:
A false preacher ingratiates himself with a dead man's family to find where he hid the money from a robbery. | add synopsis
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AVOID AT ALL COSTS more (5 total)

Cast

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Richard Chamberlain ... Harry Powell

Diana Scarwid ... Willa Harper
Amy Bebout ... Pearl Harper
Reid Binion ... John Harper

Ray McKinnon ... Ben Harper
Mary Nell Santacroce ... Mrs. Spoon
Burgess Meredith ... Birdy

Ed Grady ... Walt

Joe Inscoe ... Lieutenant
Bobby McLamb ... Parson

Rich Valliere ... Store Owner
George Nannarello ... Bingo Caller
Jeffrey Pillars ... Mechanic (as Jeff Pillars)
Pat Hall ... Pentecostal Witness
Dick Olsen ... Fire Chief
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Additional Details

Runtime:
100 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:PG (video rating)

Fun Stuff

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Boom mic visible: At the beginning of the second sequence in the doll factory, when Mrs. Spon approaches Willa to tell her it's lunchtime. more
Movie Connections:
Version of The Night of the Hunter (1955) more

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AVOID AT ALL COSTS, 25 March 2004
Author: Frank from Paris, France

The original 1955 film by Charles Laughton is - and I use this word sparingly - is a masterpiece.

This is a piece of schlock noir, passably faithful to the book, Chamberlain is workmanlike (difficult to believe, but he makes a valiant effort) but the bald tale, the wilful seediness and the overplayed melodrama don;t even make for second rate noir here (let alone the heights of Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity or Tay Garnett's Postman Always Rings Twice) whereas Laughton's film surpasses the noir in order to create something more, something worthy of Welles or Renoir or Eisenstein.

Please don't watch this. it will ruin the original if you see it later.

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