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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Benedict Fitzgerald

Benedict Fitzgerald

Flannery O'Connor

Flannery O'Connor

Assistant Camera

Kathy Fitzgerald

Kathy Fitzgerald

Michael Fitzgerald

Michael Fitzgerald

Stratton Leopold

Stratton Leopold

Sally Fitzgerald

Sally Fitzgerald

Sally Fitzgerald

Sally Fitzgerald

Costume Designer

Assistant Director

Sound Recordist

Michael Fitzgerald

Michael Fitzgerald

Associate Producer

Director of Photography

Wardrobe Supervisor

Wolfgang Limmer

Wolfgang Limmer

Original Music Composer

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