Wise Blood

Wise Blood

106 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 24, 1979

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.

Wise Blood

106 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 24, 1979

Wise Blood
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Ithaca, Anthea
Original title Wise Blood
Directors Tom Shaw, John Huston
Writers Flannery O'Connor, Michael Fitzgerald, Benedict Fitzgerald

Cast

Brad Dourif

as Hazel Motes

Dan Shor

as Enoch Emory

Amy Wright

as Sabbath Lily

Harry Dean Stanton

as Asa Hawks

Mary Nell Santacroce

as Landlady

Ned Beatty

as Hoover Shoates

John Huston

as Grandfather

William Hickey

as Preacher

Allan A. Apone

as Gonga the Gorilla (uncredited)