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The Town That Dreaded Sundown

"In 1946 this man killed five people... Today he still lurks the streets of Texarkana, Arkansas."

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R 1976 · 1h 26m
Horror, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Starring Ben Johnson · Andrew Prine · Dawn Wells
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When two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road in Texarkana, local police are baffled and must find "the Phantom Killer" before he can kill again.

Theatrical
Dec 24, 1976
DVD / Blu-ray
May 21, 2013
Budget
$400K
Director
Charles B. Pierce
Writer
Earl E. Smith
Producers
Charles B. Pierce, Thomas W. Moore, Samuel Z. Arkoff
Music
Jaime Mendoza-Nava
Studio
American International Pictures, Charles B. Pierce Film Productions
Keywords
based on true story stalking serial killer killer fake documentary proto-slasher
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Cast

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B
Ben Johnson
JD Morales
A
Andrew Prine
Norman Ramsey
D
Dawn Wells
Helen Reed
J
Jimmy Clem
Mal Griffin
C
Charles B. Pierce
AC Benson
C
Cindy Butler
Peggy Loomis
E
Earl E. Smith
Dr. Kress
S
Steve Lyons
Roy Allen
J
Joe Catalanotto
Eddie LeDoux
B
Bud Davis
Phantom Killer
V
Vern Stierman
Narrator (voice)
J
James Duff McAdams
D
Dennis Lehane

The Town That Dreaded Sundown Collection

The 1976 original film and the 2014 metasequel.

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