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Needful Things( 1993)

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Overview

A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.

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      Max von Sydow

      Leland Gaunt

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      Ed Harris

      Sheriff Alan J. Pangborn

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      Bonnie Bedelia

      Polly Chalmers

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      Amanda Plummer

      Netitia 'Nettie' Cobb

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      J.T. Walsh

      Danforth 'Buster' Keeton III

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      Valri Bromfield

      Wilma Jerzyck

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      Ray McKinnon

      Deputy Norris Ridgewick

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      Shane Meier

      Brian Rusk

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      Duncan Fraser

      Hugh Albert Priest

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      William Morgan Sheppard

      Father Meehan

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      Don S. Davis

      Reverend Rose

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      Campbell Lane

      Frank Jewett

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      Eric Schneider

      Henry Beaufort

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      Frank C. Turner

      Pete Jerzyck

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      Gillian Barber

      Myrtle Keeton

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      Deborah Wakeham

      Myra

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      Tamsin Kelsey

      Sheila Ratcliff

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      Lochlyn Munro

      John LaPointe

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      Bill Croft

      Andy Clutterbuck

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      Dee Jay Jackson

      Eddie Warburton

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      Ann Warn Pegg

      Ruth Roberts

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      Gary Paller

      George Cobb

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      Sarah Sawatsky

      14-Year-Old Girl

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      Robert Easton

      Lester Pratt

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      Mike Chute

      Young Hugh

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      Mel Allen

      Baseball Announcer

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      Trevor Denman

      Race Track Announcer

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      Lisa Blount

      Cora Rusk (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Fri Mar 15 2019
    The young carpenter from Nazareth? I know him well. Promising young man. He died badly. Needful Things is directed by Fraser C. Heston and is adapted for the screen by W.D. Richter from the novel of the same name written by Stephen King. It stars Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia, J. T. Walsh and Amanda Plummer. The community of Castle Rock in Maine is all a tizzy when a new curio gift shop called Needful Things opens its doors. The proprietor is the mysterious Leland Gaunt (Sydow), who agrees to part with special goods in return for the buyer playing pranks on somebody in the commu...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    15185672.00

    Keywords

    • small town
    • sheriff
    • based on novel or book
    • pain
    • strangeness
    • manipulation
    • malice
    • prank
    • devil
    • desire
    • occult