THE SCARECROW

Year
1982
Reference
F2647
Media type
Moving image
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Year
1982
Reference
F2647
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Feature
Duration
1:28:00
Production company
New Zealand National Film Unit, Oasis Films
Credits
Cast: John Carradine
Cast: Tracey Mann
Cast: Johnathan Smith
Cast: Daniel McLaren
Cast: Anne Flannery
Cast: Desmond Kelly
Cast: Bruce Allpress
Cast: Jonathon Hardy
Cast: Phillip Holder
Cast: Denise O’connell
Cast: Greer Robson
Cast: Mark Hadlow
Cast: Elizabeth Moody
Director: Sam Pillsbury
Producer: Rob Whitehouse
Director of Photography: James Bartle
Production Designer: Neil Angwin
Writer: Michael Heath
Writer: Sam Pillsbury
Adapted From The Novel By: Ronald Hugh Morrieson
Production Manager: Grahame J. McLean
Sound Editor: Jamie Selkirk
Sound Editor: David Keene
Music: Andrew Hagan
Music: Morton Wilson
Music: Phil Broadhurst
Editor: Ian John
Funded By: New Zealand Film Commission

“A murderer disguised as a magician seeks a teenage girl as his next victim. Can her brother save her?

“One Summer's morning, 14-year-old Ned Poindexter and his friend Les discover that their chickens have been stolen. At the same time, 250 miles away in the city, a teenage girl is found floating in a pond - her throat cut.

“Festival/Awards: Stiges International Film Festival.” - New Zealand Film Commission; www.nzfilm.co.nz/film/the-scarecrow; 3/02/2014.

An adaptation of the Ronald Hugh Morrieson novel