The Town That Dreaded Sundown
1976 · Movie · R · 86 min · ★ 5.8
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.
Also known as La Ville qui craignait le crépuscule
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Details
- Years
- 1976
- Release date
- 1976-12-24
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (223 votes)
- Box office
- $5,000,000
- Budget
- $400,000
Themes
- based on true story
- stalking
- serial killer
- killer
- fake documentary
- proto-slasher
Cast & crew
Ben Johnson
as Captain J.D. Morales
Andrew Prine
as Deputy Norman Ramsey
Dawn Wells
as Helen Reed
Jimmy Clem
as Sgt. Mal Griffin
- JC
Jim Citty
as Police Chief R.J. Sullivan
Charles B. Pierce
as Patrolman A.C. Benson
- RA
Robert Aquino
as Sheriff Otis Barker
- CB
Cindy Butler
as Peggy Loomis
- CE
Christine Ellsworth
as Linda Mae Jenkins
- ES
Earl E. Smith
as Dr. Kress
Directed by Charles B. Pierce