Wise Blood

1979 6.3 (97 votes) 1h 46m

Genres

Comedy Drama

Production Companies

Ithaca
Anthea
New Line Cinema

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.

Key Crew

Screenplay: Benedict Fitzgerald, Michael Fitzgerald

Director: John Huston

Producer: Kathy Fitzgerald, Michael Fitzgerald

Director of Photography: Gerry Fisher

Top 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

Videos

Movie Trailer: Wise Blood (1979), dir by John Houston

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