A playwright who's staying with the mother of her fiance on a remote island, is haunted by his spirit, who is believed to have committed suicide.
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Title: Shadow Play (1986)
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Cast
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| Dee Wallace | ... | Morgan Hanna (as Dee Wallace-Stone) | |
| Cloris Leachman | ... | Millie Crown | |
| Ron Kuhlman | ... | John Crown | |
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Barry Laws | ... | Jeremy Crown |
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Delia Salvi | ... | Bette |
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Susan Dixon | ... | Zelda |
| Al Strobel | ... | Byron | |
| Glen Baggerly | ... | Archie | |
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Juleen Murray | ... | Sarah |
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Michele Mariana | ... | Lois |
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Bob Griggs | ... | Conroy |
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Marjorie Card Hughes | ... | Sophie |
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Richard Wiltshire | ... | Dr. Feldman |
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George Stokes | ... | Marty |
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Mya Chamberlin | ... | Girl in the Lighthouse |
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A playwright who's staying with the mother of her fiance on a remote island, is haunted by his spirit, who is believed to have committed suicide.
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Frightened by the future, haunted by the past....The two worlds of Morgan Hanna are about to shatterGenres:
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EnglishRelease Date:
20 September 1986 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Ghostwriter See more »Company Credits
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Morgan Hanna: But- what if I find the body has warmth that only time can magnify?
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There are three lighthouses on Orcas Island. Lime Kiln Point Lighthouse, Burrows Island Lighthouse and Patos Island Lighthouse. See more »Goofs
When Morgan strikes the mirror with her fist, she only impacts one point of it as it shows where her fist struck but as she falls to the floor there is another point of impact on the mirror that she could not have possibly made. See more »Quotes
Morgan Hanna: You wait embalmed in a Victorian parlor, for grieved relations to say goodbye.Morgan Hanna: But- what if I find the body has warmth that only time can magnify?
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I had no expectations when I saw this film. I knew absolutely nothing about it. The theater didn't even have a poster and none of the staff had seen it. The opening scene shows a dark, windswept lighthouse. I thought, "oh no. probably a stupid, low budget, horror film." On the contrary this is an intelligent and thoughtful film. There is poetry read during the film that mirrors much of the action. I judge a film by how long it sticks with me afterward. This film has stayed in my head a very long time.