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Wise Blood

An American Masterpiece!

  • Movie
  • 1979
  • PG
  • 1h 46m

Directed by John Huston

6.4

TMDB audience rating
6.4 out of 10 from 115 votes

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Overview

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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Cast and crew

  • Brad Dourif

    Brad DourifHazel Motes

  • Dan Shor

    Dan ShorEnoch Emory

  • Amy Wright

    Amy WrightSabbath Lily

  • Harry Dean Stanton

    Harry Dean StantonAsa Hawks

  • Mary Nell Santacroce

    Mary Nell SantacroceLandlady

  • Ned Beatty

    Ned BeattyHoover Shoates

  • John Huston

    John HustonGrandfather

  • William Hickey

    William HickeyPreacher

  • J.L. ParkerKarl

  • Marvin SappRaymond

  • Richard EarleJakob Winslow

  • Herb KossoverJacob Wood

  • Betty Lou GrooverLeora Watts

  • John TyndallLoki Martinson

  • Gillaaron HouckStranger #1

  • Philip MixerStranger #2

  • Sharon JohnsonStranger #3

  • Joe Dorsey

    Joe DorseyStranger #4

Director
John Huston
Writer
Flannery O'Connor, Benedict Fitzgerald and Michael Fitzgerald
Music
Alex North
Cinematography
Gerry Fisher