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The Prowler(1981)
Status: Released
Date: 1981-11-06
60%
231 Votes
Time: 1h 29m
If you think you're safe... you're DEAD wrong!
Overview:
Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $1,000,000.00
ProductionCompanies:
Graduation
Movie: The Prowler
Top 10 Billed Cast
Vicky Dawson
Pam MacDonald
Christopher Goutman
Mark London
Lawrence Tierney
Maj. Chatham
Farley Granger
Sheriff George Fraser
Cindy Weintraub
Lisa
Lisa Dunsheath
Sherry
David Sederholm
Carl
Thom Bray
Ben
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