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Wise Blood (1979)

An American Masterpiece!

  • Oct 24, 1979
  • 1h 46m
  • PG
TMDB user score 6.4/10 115 votes on TMDB
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Story

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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Trailer

Movie Trailer: Wise Blood (1979), dir by John Houston · plays from YouTube

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Cast

  • Brad Dourif Hazel Motes
  • Dan Shor Enoch Emory
  • Amy Wright Sabbath Lily
  • Harry Dean Stanton Asa Hawks
  • Mary Nell Santacroce Landlady
  • Ned Beatty Hoover Shoates
  • John Huston Grandfather
  • William Hickey Preacher
  • J.L. Parker Karl
  • Marvin Sapp Raymond
  • Richard Earle Jakob Winslow
  • Herb Kossover Jacob Wood
  • Betty Lou Groover Leora Watts
  • John Tyndall Loki Martinson
  • Gillaaron Houck Stranger #1
  • Philip Mixer Stranger #2
  • Sharon Johnson Stranger #3
  • Joe Dorsey Stranger #4

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