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Wise Blood(1979)
Status: Released
Date: 1979-10-24
64%
103 Votes
Time: 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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Ithaca
Anthea
Movie: Wise Blood
Top 10 Billed 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
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Movie Trailer: Wise Blood (1979), dir by John Houston - Trailer
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