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    Wise Blood

    "An American Masterpiece!"

    IMDb6.9/10Fresh89%Metacritic841979
    1h 46m
    ComedyDrama

    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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    Cast & Crew

    Director

    John Huston
    Brad Dourif

    Brad Dourif

    Hazel Motes

    Dan Shor

    Dan Shor

    Enoch Emory

    Amy Wright

    Amy Wright

    Sabbath Lily

    Harry Dean Stanton

    Harry Dean Stanton

    Asa Hawks

    Mary Nell Santacroce

    Mary Nell Santacroce

    Landlady

    Ned Beatty

    Ned Beatty

    Hoover Shoates

    John Huston

    John Huston

    Grandfather

    William Hickey

    William Hickey

    Preacher

    JP

    J.L. Parker

    Karl

    MS

    Marvin Sapp

    Raymond

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