How Awful About Allan (1970)
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Director Curtis Harrington (The Killing Kind) teams with screenwriter Henry Farrell (Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte) for this quietly disturbing tale of a man driven to psychosomatic blindness by a horrific family tragedy. Unable to cope with the fact that he has been blamed for the fire that killed… More Director Curtis Harrington (The Killing Kind) teams with screenwriter Henry Farrell (Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte) for this quietly disturbing tale of a man driven to psychosomatic blindness by a horrific family tragedy. Unable to cope with the fact that he has been blamed for the fire that killed his father and disfigured his sister (Julie Harris), psychologically unsound Allan (Anthony Perkins) is committed to a mental institution. Some time later, Allan is deemed fit for release and sent to live at his sister's house. But Allan's sister is far from happy to have her brother back home, and begins to sadistically toy with his fragile psyche to the point that he starts hearing disembodied voices and sensing an ominous presence. Could it be that Allan's father is actually reaching out for revenge from beyond the grave, or have Allan's sister's continued attempts to wear at her ailing brother's fragile psyche finally had the intended results. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Curtis Harrington
- Genres
- Drama, Television, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
PG,
- In Theaters
- Sep 22, 1970 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The made-for-TV movie starred Anthony Perkins, in his only TV movie, with him effectively playing another over-the-top psycho role.
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Cast
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Joan Hackett
as Olive
- Robert H. Harris
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Anthony Perkins
as Allan Colleigh
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Kent Smith
as Raymond
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Julie Harris
as Katherine
- Billy Bowles
- Jeannette Howe
- Kenneth Lawrence
- Molly Dodd
- Trent Dolan
