DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW

(Dark Night of the Scarecrow)

Basics

Directed by Frank De Felitta
1981 | 96 minutes | Color | Mono | 1.33 : 1

Synopsis

When   young   Marylee   Williams   (Tonya  Crowe) is found viciously mauled, all hell breaks loose   in   her   small   rural   town.   Officious postmaster Otis P. Hazelrigg (Charles Durning) leads a gang of bigots in  pursuit  of the suspect: her mentally challenged friend Bubba Ritter (Larry Drake). Finding him hiding inside a scarecrow, they exact brutal mob "justice" ...only  to  discover  a  tragic  mistake!  Now  a  strange apparition  stalks  the land seeking each of them out, as the legend of the Scarecrow begins.

Main Cast

Charles Durning
Robert F. Lyons
Claude Earl Jones
Lane Smith
Tonya Crowe
Larry Drake
Jocelyn Brando
Tom Taylor
Richard McKenzie
Ivy Jones
Jim Tartan
Ed Call
Alice Nunn
John Steadman
David Adams
Otis
Skeeter
Philby
Harless
Marylee Williams
Bubba Ritter
Mrs. Ritter
D.A. Sam Willock
Judge Henry
Mrs. Willams
Mr. Williams
Defense Attorney
Mrs. Bunch
Mr. Loomis
Deputy

Production Companies

Wizan Productions

Distributors

CBS (USA)
Lorimar Telepictures (USA)
Warner Bros. Television (USA)

Release Dates

🇺🇸 October 24, 1981

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