Wise Blood

Wise Blood (1979)

An American Masterpiece!

  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Release Date: 1979-10-24
  • User Rating: 6.245/10 from 93 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 46min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Ithaca
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: John Huston
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Summary

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

    as Hazel Motes
  • Dan Shor

    as Enoch Emory
  • Amy Wright

    as Sabbath Lily
  • Harry Dean Stanton

    as Asa Hawks
  • Mary Nell Santacroce

    as Landlady
  • Ned Beatty

    as Hoover Shoates
  • John Huston

    as Grandfather
  • William Hickey

    as Preacher
  • J.L. Parker

    as Karl
  • Marvin Sapp

    as Raymond
  • Richard Earle

    as Jakob Winslow
  • Herb Kossover

    as Jacob Wood
  • Betty Lou Groover

    as Leora Watts
  • John Tyndall

    as Loki Martinson
  • Gillaaron Houck

    as Stranger #1
  • Philip Mixer

    as Stranger #2
  • Sharon Johnson

    as Stranger #3
  • Joe Dorsey

    as Stranger #4
  • Stratton Leopold

    as Depressed Human
  • Leonard Holmes

    as Stranger #5
  • Daniel Albright

    as Stranger #6
  • Tommy Alson

    as Young Man
  • Harold Horne

    as Stranger #7
  • Jim Barbee

    as Slade
  • Gene Howard

    as Little Boy
  • Raymond Foskey

    as Salesman
  • Vicky Dyer

    as Little Girl
  • Elijah Perry

    as Jerry Bob Jackson
  • Ken Flower

    as Ken Guy
  • Gladys Hill

    as Lisa Martinson
  • Ray Wilkes

    as Slade Bob Jackson
  • Dan Albright

    as Policeman
  • Allan A. Apone

    as Gonga the Gorilla (uncredited)
  • Don Chambers

    as Street Listener (uncredited)
  • William Finley

    as Man (uncredited)
  • Bart Russell

    as Man in the Street (uncredited)
Directing John Huston Director
Writing Flannery O'Connor Novel
Writing Benedict Fitzgerald Screenplay
Camera Mike Rutter Assistant Camera
Production Michael Fitzgerald Producer
Production Kathy Fitzgerald Producer
Sound Colin Charles Sound Recordist
Production Stratton Leopold Casting
Art Sally Fitzgerald Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Sally Fitzgerald Costume Designer
Sound Michael Fronik Music Editor
Costume & Make-Up Uta Freiwald Wardrobe Supervisor
Costume & Make-Up Allan A. Apone Makeup Artist
Editing Roberto Silvi Editor
Camera Gerry Fisher Director of Photography
Writing Michael Fitzgerald Screenplay
Sound Alex North Music
Production Hans Brockmann Associate Producer
Production Wolfgang Limmer Co-Producer
Directing Tom Shaw Assistant Director

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