The Scarecrow (1982 film)
Encyclopedia
The Scarecrow is a 1982 New Zealand
film
, also known as Klynham Summer in America. It was directed by Sam Pillsbury
based on the 1963 horror novel by New Zealand
author
Ronald Hugh Morrieson
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Cast
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, also known as Klynham Summer in America. It was directed by Sam Pillsbury
Sam Pillsbury
Sam Pillsbury is an American film director and producer.Connecticut-raised Sam Pillsbury emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 14. Aged 23, he began working at the Government-owned National Film Unit, joining a group of emerging filmmakers who were investigating new subjects and styles.Pillsbury...
based on the 1963 horror novel by New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
Ronald Hugh Morrieson
Ronald Hugh Morrieson
Ronald Hugh Morrieson of Hawera, Taranaki was a novelist and short story writer in the New Zealand vernacular. He earned his living as a...
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Plot
One night a girl is slain in the woods of a small town, two teenagers, Sam and Les, inadvertently cross the killer's path.CastCast memberA cast member is:* An actor who performs in a theatrical production, motion picture, or television program. The actors who perform in the show are collectively referred to as the cast....
- Jonathan SmithJonathan SmithJonathan Smith may refer to:*Jonathan Smith , American professional race car driver*Jonathan Bayard Smith , American merchant, delegate to the Continental Congress...
.... Ned Poindexter - Tracey Mann .... Prudence Poindexter
- Daniel McLaren .... Les Wilson
- John CarradineJohn CarradineJohn Carradine was an American actor, best known for his roles in horror films and Westerns as well as Shakespearean theater. A member of Cecil B DeMille's stock company and later John Ford's company, he was one of the most prolific character actors in Hollywood history...
.... Hubert Salter - Bruce AllpressBruce AllpressBruce Allpress is a New Zealand actor. He has been in many television dramas and also presenting on television and radio productions. In the mid-1980s, he was a regular on The Billy T. James Show, as well as featuring alongside Tommy Lee Jones in the pirate adventure film Nate and Hayes...
.... Uncle Athol - Philip Holder .... Ramsbottom
- Stephen TaylorStephen TaylorStephen Taylor may refer to:* Stephen Taylor, Baron Taylor , British physician, civil servant, politician and educator* Stephen Taylor , lecturer in human resources at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School...
.... Herbert Poindexter - Desmond KellyDesmond KellyDesmond Kelly is a Ceylonese musician who has entertained in Sri Lanka and in Australia. He was born in Colombo in 1936.-Songs on Radio Ceylon:...
.... Mr. Poindexter - Anne Flannery .... Mrs. Poindexter
- Denise O'Connell .... Angela Potroz
- Jonathan HardyJonathan Hardy- Stage :He was part of the cast in the first public performance of Kenneth G. Ross's important Australian play Breaker Morant: A Play in Two Acts, presented by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Athenaeum Theatre, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on Thursday, 2 February 1978.-Film:His film...
.... Charlie Dabney - Martyn SandersonMartyn SandersonMartyn Sanderson was a New Zealand actor, filmmaker and poet.Sanderson was one of the founders of Downstage Theatre in 1964 in Wellington, with a vision of a small professional company performing challenging works in an intimate venue...
.... Ned as Adult (voice) - Greer RobsonGreer RobsonGreer Robson-Kirk born is a New Zealand television actress well known for her role in the Television Drama, Shortland Street.-Biography:...
.... Lynette - Roy BillingRoy BillingRoy Billing is a New Zealand television actor, now based in Sydney, Australia.-Career:Billing has starred in many television shows and had main roles on Bad Cop, Bad Cop, Dossa and Joe and Hell Has Harbour Views...
.... Mr. Potroz