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Wise Blood
1 hour 46 minutes1979-10-24
6.2
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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.
Cast
![Brad Dourif](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//z2LYR7Ickql7g5hnWJSIAWMPD4o.jpg)
Brad Dourif
Hazel Motes
![Dan Shor](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xsdNaTwcqogHFKBipxtiAZJFAlX.jpg)
Dan Shor
Enoch Emory
![Amy Wright](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wejr7718NPsCjTF2mvyOOIukRsc.jpg)
Amy Wright
Sabbath Lily
![Harry Dean Stanton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//197UiLVdxPOv8196sqmUpJzOQB5.jpg)
Harry Dean Stanton
Asa Hawks
![Mary Nell Santacroce](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qG5XHkQYpHVIs8Bpe0glSJB5teM.jpg)
Mary Nell Santacroce
Landlady
![Ned Beatty](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//j71jw78zrLkucqXraEpjb5EN6DN.jpg)
Ned Beatty
Hoover Shoates
![John Huston](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3uwPuwZxYSdYaNJA3e4ZmOH1LWY.jpg)
John Huston
Grandfather
![William Hickey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//oPPyHJKJceliMLk8S8ldjuDg6V5.jpg)
William Hickey
Preacher
![J.L. Parker](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
J.L. Parker
Karl
![Marvin Sapp](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Marvin Sapp
Raymond
![Richard Earle](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Richard Earle
Jakob Winslow
![Herb Kossover](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Herb Kossover
Jacob Wood
![Betty Lou Groover](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Betty Lou Groover
Leora Watts
![John Tyndall](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
John Tyndall
Loki Martinson
![Gillaaron Houck](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Gillaaron Houck
Stranger #1
![Philip Mixer](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Philip Mixer
Stranger #2
![Sharon Johnson](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Sharon Johnson
Stranger #3
![Joe Dorsey](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Joe Dorsey
Stranger #4
![Stratton Leopold](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Stratton Leopold
Depressed Human
![Leonard Holmes](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Leonard Holmes
Stranger #5
![Daniel Albright](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Daniel Albright
Stranger #6
![Tommy Alson](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Tommy Alson
Young Man
![Harold Horne](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Harold Horne
Stranger #7
![Jim Barbee](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jim Barbee
Slade
![Gene Howard](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Gene Howard
Little Boy
![Raymond Foskey](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Raymond Foskey
Salesman
![Vicky Dyer](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Vicky Dyer
Little Girl
![Elijah Christopher Perry](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Elijah Christopher Perry
Jerry Bob Jackson
![Ken Flower](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ken Flower
Ken Guy
![Gladys Hill](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Gladys Hill
Lisa Martinson
![Ray Wilkes](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ray Wilkes
Slade Bob Jackson
![Dan Albright](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kxxnuT7sLPrGwObDv0XO0xgR1sp.jpg)
Dan Albright
Policeman
![Allan A. Apone](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//eoxFJ1e3tyDkCqdKIKwHOhsUd3l.jpg)
Allan A. Apone
Gonga the Gorilla (uncredited)
![Don Chambers](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Don Chambers
Street Listener (uncredited)
![William Finley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gwcqayLlpBpHfmL4UxwwdcPvAoY.jpg)
William Finley
Man (uncredited)
![Bart Russell](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)