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Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing.
Keywords
based on novel or book
nightmare
revenge
gothic horror
guilt
new england
ghost story
elderly
1930s
Casts
Fred Astaire
Ricky Hawthorne
Melvyn Douglas
Dr. John Jaffrey
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Edward Charles Wanderley
John Houseman
Sears James
Craig Wasson
Don Wanderley / David Wanderley
Patricia Neal
Stella Hawthorne
Alice Krige
Eva Galli / Alma Mobley
Jacqueline Brookes
Milly
Miguel Fernandes
Gregory Bates
Lance Holcomb
Fenny Bates
Mark Chamberlin
Young John Jaffrey
Tim Choate
Young Ricky Hawthorne
Kurt Johnson
Young Edward Wanderley
Ken Olin
Young Sears James
Brad Sullivan
Sheriff Hardesty
Michael O'Neill
Churchill
Guy Boyd
Omar Norris
Robert Burr
Principal
Helena Carroll
Mrs. Meredith
Robin Curtis
Rea Dedham
Breon Gorman
Nettie Dedham
James Greene
Mailman
Ruth Hunt
Florence
Deborah Offner
Helen
Virginia Bingham
Sears' Mother
William F. Conway
Sears' Father
Russell R. Bletzer
Reverend Wilkinson
Terrance Mario Carnes
Waiter
Alfred Curven
Man in Coffin
Edward F. Dillon
Judge
Alvin W. Fretz
Coroner
Hugh Hires
Student Solt
Raymond J. Quinn
Ricky's Father
Barbara von Zastrow
Ricky's Mother
Betty Low
Irmengard
Mason Cardiff
Schoolboy
Gale Grindle
Student
Crews
Tom Rolf
Editor
John Irvin
Director
Burt Weissbourd
Producer
Lawrence D. Cohen
Screenplay
Peter Straub
Novel
Jack Cardiff
Director of Photography
Norman Newberry
Production Design
Ronald G. Smith
Associate Producer
Mike Fenton
Casting
Douglas Green
Co-Producer
Norman Newberry
Art Direction
Mary Ann Biddle
Set Decoration
Rick Sharp
Makeup Artist
Rick Baker
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Robert Jiras
Makeup Artist
Robert Latham Brown
Production Manager
Dan Kolsrud
First Assistant Director
William Apperson
Construction Foreman
Allan Bromberg
Assistant Sound Editor
May Routh
Costume Design
Irving Buchman
Makeup Artist
Carl Fullerton
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Albert Jeyte
Makeup Artist
Dean Lyras
Second Assistant Director
Philippe Sarde
Original Music Composer
James R. Alexander
Sound
James Allen
Assistant Decorator
John Zemansky
Property Master
Philip Leto
Hairstylist
Ronald G. Smith
Production Manager
Larry Carow
Sound Effects Editor
Samuel C. Crutcher
Sound Effects Editor
Stanley H. Polinsky
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Charles L. Campbell
Supervising Sound Editor
Albert Whitlock
Visual Effects
Richard C. Franklin
Sound Effects Editor
John Roesch
Foley Artist
Mark Server
Boom Operator
Henry Millar Jr.
Special Effects
Sonny P. Filippini
Script Supervisor
David Pettijohn
Sound Effects Editor
Robert L. Hoyt
Sound Recordist
Ted Varnadoe
Electrician
Phill Norman
Title Designer
Harry Betts
Orchestrator
John Caper Jr.
Music Coordinator
Michel Mention
Orchestrator
Peter T. Myers
Orchestrator
Bobby Brown
Assistant Camera
Suzanne E. Petersen
Production Assistant
Dick Mingalone
Camera Operator
Reggie Newkirk
First Assistant Camera
John Caper Jr.
Conductor
Lou Barlia
Camera Operator
Michael Ripps
Assistant Editor
Susan Turner
Visual Effects
Syd Dutton
Matte Painter
Peter Knight
Orchestrator
Peter Knight
Conductor
John J. Stephens
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mike Henry
Production Assistant
Patrick A. DiCocco
Production Driver
Dick Smith
Makeup Artist
Rick Baker
Makeup Artist
Erik Cord
Stunts
Glenn Randall Jr.
Stunt Coordinator
Backdrops & Posters
