The Town That Dreaded Sundown
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The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
AIP Production #7623
Jeff and Cheryl wonder which musical instruments would make the best murder weapons in The Town that Dreaded Sundown.
Screenplay by Earl E. Smith
Produced and Directed by Charles B. Pierce
Starring:
Ben Johnson as Captain J.D. Morales
Andrew Prine as Deputy Norman Ramsey
Dawn Wells as Helen Reed
Jimmy Clem as Sgt. Mal Griffin
Jim Citty as Police Chief R.J. Sullivan
Charles B. Pierce as Patrolman A.C. Benson (aka Sparkplug)
Robert Aquino as Sheriff Otis Barker
Cast:
Cindy Butler as Peggy Loomis
Christine Ellsworth as Linda Mae Jenkins
Earl E. Smith as Dr. Kress
Steve Lyons as Roy Allen
Joe Catalanatto as Eddie LeDoux
Roy Lee Brown and Rainbow Johnson
Mike Hackworth as Sammy Fuller
Misty West as Emma Lou Cook
Rick Hildreth as Buddy Turner
Jason Darnell as Captain Gus Wells
Mike Downs as Newspapaer Reporter
Bill Dietz as Newspaper Reporter
Carolyn Moreland as Newspaper Reporter
Michael Brown as Police Officer
Woody Woodman as F.B.I. Agent
James D. McAdams as Sheriff’s Deputy
John Stroud as Dr. Preston Hickson
Mason Andres as Reverend Harden
Richard Green as High-School Princial
Dorothy Darlene Orr as Dispatcher
Don Adkins as Suspect
Bud Davis as The Phantom Killer
Vern Stierman as Narrator
Tom Moore as Police Officer in Drag (uncredited)
A Charles B. Pierce Production
An American International Release
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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)
