The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
December 24, 1976Release Date
The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
December 24, 1976Release Date


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Cast & Crew.

Ben Johnson
Captain J.D. Morales

Andrew Prine
Deputy Norman Ramsey

Dawn Wells
Helen Reed

Jimmy Clem
Sgt. Mal Griffin

Jim Citty
Police Chief R.J. Sullivan

Charles B. Pierce
Patrolman A.C. Benson / Director / Producer

Robert Aquino
Sheriff Otis Barker

Cindy Butler
Peggy Loomis

Christine Ellsworth
Linda Mae Jenkins

Earl E. Smith
Dr. Kress / Screenplay

Steve Lyons
Roy Allen / First Assistant Camera

Joe Catalanotto
Eddie LeDoux / Gaffer / Special Effects

Roy Lee Brown
Rainbow Johnson

Mike Hackworth
Sammy Fuller

Misty West
Emma Lou Cook

Rick Hildreth
Buddy Turner

Jason Darnell
Capt. Gus Wells

Bud Davis
The Phantom Killer / Stunt Coordinator

Vern Stierman
Narrator (voice)

Barbara Pryor
Script Supervisor

Karen Jones
Wardrobe Assistant

Lynn Andres
Production Assistant

Richard Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

John Stroud Jr.
Grip

Dimitry Gortinsky
Sound Effects

Bonnie Langriff
Wardrobe Assistant

Michael Sherfey
Second Assistant Camera

Betty Moortgat
Negative Cutter

Chris Ellsworth
Wardrobe Assistant

Dick Damon
Production Sound Mixer

Dan Finnity
Sound Effects

Steve Shearsby
Sound Effects

Steve Lyons
First Assistant Camera

Fred Payne
Boom Operator

Ginger Tanton
Production Assistant

Phil Haberman
Sound Effects

Andrew Herbert
Sound Effects

Denise Broulette
Assistant Property Master

Fred Judkins
Sound Effects

Myrl Teeter
Art Direction

Grant Sinclair
Art Direction

Samuel Z. Arkoff
Executive Producer

Tom Boutross
Editor

James W. Roberson
Director of Photography

Thomas W. Moore
Associate Producer

Jaime Mendoza-Nava
Original Music Composer

Bob Gates
Production Manager

Cheri Minns
Makeup Artist
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Details.
Release DateDecember 24, 1976
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 26m
Content RatingR
Budget$400,000
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Town That Dreaded Sundown is a 1976 American thriller horror film directed and produced by Charles B. Pierce, and written by Earl E. Smith. The film is loosely based on the 1946 Texarkana Moonlight Murders, crimes attributed to an unidentified serial killer known as the Phantom Killer. It is narrated by Vern Stierman, who had narrated Pierce's 1972 film The Legend of Boggy Creek. Ben Johnson stars as Captain J.D. Morales, a fictionalized version of Texas Ranger Captain M. T. "Lone Wolf" Gonzaullas. The Phantom is played by Bud Davis, who later worked as stunt coordinator on films such as Forrest Gump, Cast Away, and Inglourious Basterds. The film was mostly shot around Texarkana, and a number of locals were cast as extras. The world premiere was held in Texarkana on December 17, 1976, before its regular run in theaters on December 24.
The film states that "the incredible story you are about to see is true, where it happened and how it happened; only the names have been changed." The actual Phantom attacked eight people in or near the town of Texarkana, Texas, which is on the Texas border with Arkansas. Most of the murders occurred in rural areas just outside Texarkana, in Bowie County, Texas, while the film has them occurring in Arkansas. However, the general outline of the murders largely follows reality, with mostly minor artistic license taken. As in the film, the real killer was never identified nor apprehended.
The film is loose enough with the facts that one family member of a victim filed a lawsuit in 1978 over its depiction of his sister. The film's tagline claims that the man who killed five people "still lurks the streets of Texarkana, Ark.," causing officials of that neighboring city to threaten Pierce over the ads in 1977. It remained on the posters. A sequel with the same name was released on October 16, 2014.
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