The Hearse

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The Hearse

"The Barrier Between Life and Death is no Greater than the Thickness of a Door...and now that Door is Open!"

1980

1h 39m

5.3(49 votes)

Horror

Mystery

Drama

Overview

A schoolteacher moves into her deceased aunt’s house in a small Californian town, and is harassed by unfriendly locals and a mysterious hearse.

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18 members

Acting

Trish Van Devere

Jane Hardy

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Joseph Cotten

Walter Prichard

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David Gautreaux

Tom Sullivan

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Donald Hotton

Reverend Winston

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Med Flory

Sheriff Denton

Directing

Donald Petrie

Luke

Acting

Christopher McDonald

Pete

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Perry Lang

Paul Gordon

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Frederic Franklyn

Mr. Gordon

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Olive Dunbar

Mrs. Gordon

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Al Hansen

Bo Rehnquist

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Dominic Barto

The Driver

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Nicholas Shields

Dr. Greenwalt

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Chuck Mitchell

Counterman

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Allison Balson

Alice

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Jim Gatherum

Boy #1

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Tanya Bowers

Schoolgirl

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Dennis Quaid

Repairman (uncredited)

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