Wise Blood (1979)

  • PG
  • 10/01/1979 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 46m

An American Masterpiece!

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.

Flannery O'Connor

Novel

Benedict Fitzgerald

Screenplay

John Huston

Director

Michael Fitzgerald

Screenplay

Cast

Brad Dourif's headshot

Brad Dourif

Hazel Motes
Dan Shor's headshot

Dan Shor

Enoch Emory
Amy Wright's headshot

Amy Wright

Sabbath Lily
Harry Dean Stanton's headshot

Harry Dean Stanton

Asa Hawks
Mary Nell Santacroce's headshot

Mary Nell Santacroce

Landlady
Ned Beatty's headshot

Ned Beatty

Hoover Shoates
John Huston's headshot

John Huston

Grandfather
William Hickey's headshot

William Hickey

Preacher

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