A Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the world. He decides that the best way to do that is to become a preacher and start up his own church.
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| Brad Dourif | ... | Hazel Motes | |
| John Huston | ... | Grandfather (as Jhon Huston) | |
| Dan Shor | ... | Enoch Emory | |
| Harry Dean Stanton | ... | Asa Hawks | |
| Amy Wright | ... | Sabbath Lily | |
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Mary Nell Santacroce | ... | Landlady |
| Ned Beatty | ... | Hoover Shoates | |
| William Hickey | ... | Preacher | |
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J.L. Parker | ... | Karl |
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Marvin Sapp | ... | Raymond |
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Richard Earle | ... | Jakob Winslow |
| Herb Kossover | ... | Jacob Wood | |
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Betty Lou Groover | ... | Leora Watts |
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John Tyndall | ... | Loki Martinson |
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Gillaaron Houck | ... | Stranger #1 |
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US Army war veteran Hazel Motes may not be a believing Christian, somehow observations like the state of a run-down country church, meeting the ridiculous frauds on the streets and memories inspire him to take up, after initially fierce refusal, the part of a traveling preacher when a cab driver insists he looks like one in his new hat. He starts his own new Church of Truth, without the crucified Jesus, his first disciple being an 18-year old simpleton with a 'prophetic gift'... Written by KGF Vissers
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17 February 1980 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$1,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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(uncredited)
Written by Redd Stewart and Pee Wee King
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The movie was made and released about fifteen years after the passing away of its source novelist Flannery O'Connor in 1964. See more »Goofs
As Hawks touches Hazel's face, in the next shot he's touching Hazel's hat. See more »Quotes
Enoch Emory: She was ugly. Her hair was so thin it looked like ham gravy trickling down her skull.See more »
Crazy Credits
Director John Huston is credited in all the titles as "Jhon Huston". Producer Michael Fitzgerald later explained that, wanting to have a child-like look to the credits, they had an actual child write the names. The child misspelled Huston's first name, but they liked it and kept it, as a metaphor for the artificial, off-kilter tone of the story. See more »Soundtracks
Tennessee Waltz(uncredited)
Written by Redd Stewart and Pee Wee King
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Vignette styled look at southern towns, corruption, hypocrisy, and the hidden 'evils' of evangelism. Has a atmosphere that is so thick you can almost taste it.
Dourif's performance is so good, so solid, and so powerful that it literally propels you through the story no matter which avenue it takes (and it does take some strange avenues). His performance should have won him the Academy award and shows just how poorly used he has been. This is for all those who think Chucky in CHILD'S PLAY is the best thing he has done.
Although never completely satisfying, the final 20 minutes do have some rather 'odd' twists that may stay with you even after it's long over.