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Encounter with the Unknown
Directed byHarry Thomason
Written byJack Anderson (written by)
Joe Glass (written by)
Hillman Taylor (written by)
Harry Thomason (written by)
Produced byJoe Glass
StarringSee below
CinematographyJames W. Roberson
Charles Thuston
Edited byIrwin Cadden
Brian H. Hooper
Release date
1973
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Encounter with the Unknown is a 1973 American film directed by Harry Thomason.

Plot summary

The film presents three allegedly true stories of the supernatural. In the first tale, a witch places a lethal curse on the three young men who were inadvertently responsible for her son's death. In the second, a boy's dog disappears in the vicinity of a hole in the ground from which frightening sounds have been emanating; the boy's father agrees to be lowered into the hole to see if he can recover the dog, and to find out what's making the noise. The final story involves a strange, disoriented girl and the married couple who attempt to give her a ride home. According to the opening narration, the stories are based on research conducted by Dr. Jonathan Rankin, a parapsychologist, but this is evidently a fictional device as no record of the name "Jonathan Rankin" exists in parapsychological studies.[1] The third tale, in fact, is simply a version of the Vanishing hitchhiker, a popular urban legend. The stories themselves are narrated by Rod Serling, but the opening and closing portions of the film feature a second, uncredited narrator.[2] The film was shot in Little Rock, Arkansas, at locations which include the Capital Hotel and Mount Holly Cemetery.[3]

Cast

  • Rod Serling as Narrator (voice)
  • Robert Ginnaven as Father Duane
  • Gary Brockette as Frank Cameron
  • John Leslie as Randy Powell
  • Tom Haywood as Dave Terrell
  • Fran Franklin as Mrs. Davis
  • James N. Harrell as Brother Taylor
  • John Cissne as Johnny Davis
  • Mary Jane Wilson as Mrs. Wilson
  • Lyle Armstrong as Second Priest
  • Charles Rumph as Student
  • Kevin Bieberly as Jess
  • Annabelle Weenick as Mother
  • Robert Holton as Joe
  • Frank Schaefer as Barber
  • Ken Carson as Doctor
  • Bob Glenn as Constable
  • David Haney as First Man
  • Bill Thurman as Second Man
  • Syl Schumann as Third Man
  • Charlie Dell as Jonas
  • Rosie Holotik as Susan
  • Michael Harvey as Senator
  • Judith Fields as Senator's Wife
  • August Sehven as Paul
  • Gene Ross as Susan's Father
  • Beverly Dixon as Susan's Mother
  • Mitchell Wood
  • Phyllis Moore
  • Joe Reynolds
  • Rose Hughes
  • Gary White
  • Becky Fain
  • Mike Thompson
  • Becky Gaines

Soundtrack

  • Robert Farrar
  • Becky Fain - "Rememberin' (How It Used To Be)"
  • Johnny Pearson - "Graveyard" and "Sleepy Shores"

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072937/board/thread/146020792&p=1#146020792
  2. ^ http://www.critcononline.com/horror%20d%20-%20i.htm
  3. ^ http://www.arkansas.com/things-to-do/entertainment/film-tv/detail.aspx?id=13


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