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An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.
Language
Budget$27,000,000
Revenue $7,300,000
English
Budget$27,000,000
Revenue $7,300,000
Keywords
forgiveness
loyalty
homelessness
drifter
accidental death
alcoholic
estranged father
haunted by the past
drunkenness
ghosts of the past
hobo
1930s
living on the streets
missions
bums
albany, new york
Casts

Jack Nicholson
Francis Phelan

Meryl Streep
Helen Archer

Carroll Baker
Annie Phelan

Michael O'Keefe
Billy

Diane Venora
Peg

Fred Gwynne
Oscar Reo

Margaret Whitton
Katrina

Tom Waits
Rudy

Jake Dengel
Pee Wee

Nathan Lane
Harold Allen

James Gammon
Reverend Chester

Laura Esterman
Rowdy Dick

Will Zahrn
Nora

Joe Grifasi
Jack

Hy Anzell
Rosskam

Bethel Leslie
Librarian

Richard Hamilton
Donovan
Black-Eyed Susan
Clara
Louise Phillips
Flower Girl
Marjorie Slocum
Elderly Woman
Lena Spencer
Slatternly Woman

Lola Pashalinski
Fat Woman with Turkey
Paul A. DiCocco Jr.
Bus Driver
Priscilla Smith
Sandra
James Dukas
Finny
Jared Swartout
Guard Captain

Ted Levine
Pocono Pete

Martin Patterson
Foxy Phil Tooker
Terry O'Reilly
Aldo Campione
Michael O'Gorman
Strike Leader

Frank Whaley
Young Francis
Jordan Valdina
Youth at Strike
Louis St. Louis
Piano Man
John Wright
Goblin
Robin Wood-Chappelle
Goblin
Nicole Weden
Goblin
Peter Pryor
Goblin
Duane Scholz
Goblin

Matt McGrath
Goblin
Lois Barden Stilley
Mrs. Dillon
Cori Irwin
Young Girl

Pamela Payton-Wright
Mother

Boris McGiver
Clerk
Phyllis Gottung
Old Woman
James Yoham
Bald Man
Ean Egas
Danny
Nebraska Brace
Andy

Jeff Morris
Michigan Mac

William Duell
Moose
George Rafferty
Raider
Robert Manion
Raider
Pat Devane
Nurse
Crews

Héctor Babenco
Director
Keith Barish
Producer

Marcia Nasatir
Producer
Lauro Escorel
Director of Photography

Anne Goursaud
Editor

Bonnie Timmermann
Casting

Jeannine Oppewall
Production Design
Robert Guerra
Art Direction

Leslie A. Pope
Set Decoration
Joseph G. Aulisi
Costume Design
Beth Kuhn
Assistant Art Director
Clare Scarpulla
Assistant Art Director
Enno Poersch
Assistant Art Director
Joseph Petruccio Sr.
Construction Coordinator
Steve Kirshoff
Special Effects Coordinator
Paul Boyington
Visual Effects Supervisor
Cornelia 'Nini' Rogan
Script Supervisor
Milton Buras
Hairstylist
J. Roy Helland
Hairstylist
Marie-Ange Ripka
Key Hair Stylist
David Forrest
Makeup Department Head
Dorothy J. Pearl
Makeup Artist
William Kennedy
Novel
William Kennedy
Screenplay

Rick Avery
Stunts

John Morris
Original Music Composer

Andy Gill
Stunts
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