Wise Blood

An American Masterpiece!

Duration: 106 min

Release date: 1979-10-24

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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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as Sabbath Lily

Harry Dean Stanton

Harry Dean Stanton

Mary Nell Santacroce

Mary Nell Santacroce

as Hoover Shoates

as Jakob Winslow

Betty Lou Groover

Betty Lou Groover

as Loki Martinson

Gillaaron Houck

Gillaaron Houck

Stratton Leopold

Stratton Leopold

as Depressed Human

Daniel Albright

Daniel Albright

as Jerry Bob Jackson

as Lisa Martinson

as Slade Bob Jackson

as Gonga the Gorilla (uncredited)

as Street Listener (uncredited)

as Man (uncredited)

as Man in the Street (uncredited)

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Flannery O'Connor

Flannery O'Connor

Benedict Fitzgerald

Benedict Fitzgerald

Assistant Camera

Michael Fitzgerald

Michael Fitzgerald

Kathy Fitzgerald

Kathy Fitzgerald

Stratton Leopold

Stratton Leopold

Sally Fitzgerald

Sally Fitzgerald

Sally Fitzgerald

Sally Fitzgerald

Costume Designer

Sound Recordist

Director of Photography

Wardrobe Supervisor

Michael Fitzgerald

Michael Fitzgerald

Wolfgang Limmer

Wolfgang Limmer

Associate Producer

Assistant Director

Original Music Composer

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