Wise Blood

Wise Blood

6.4IMDb Score
Released:1979-10-24
Duration:106 min
Director:John Huston
Actors:Brad Dourif, Dan Shor, Amy Wright, Harry Dean Stanton, Mary Nell Santacroce
Production:Ithaca, Anthea, New Line Cinema

Overview:

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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