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

Acting

Joseph Cotten

Walter Prichard

Acting

David Gautreaux

Tom Sullivan

Acting

Donald Hotton

Reverend Winston

Acting

Med Flory

Sheriff Denton

Directing

Donald Petrie

Luke

Acting

Christopher McDonald

Pete

Directing

Perry Lang

Paul Gordon

Acting

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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