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Diary of the Dead is a film of genre Thriller released in USA on 1 january 1976 with Geraldine Fitzgerald
Diary of the Dead (1976)
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Add to a movie listDiary of the Dead is a 1976 neo-noir film directed by Arvin Brown, based on the novel One Across, Two Down by Ruth Rendell. It was produced by Charles B. Moss. Robert L. Fish, author of Mute Witness, the basis of Bullitt, contributed to the screenplay.
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Stan (Hector Elizondo) and Vera (Salome Jens), a childless couple, live with Vera's wealthy mother, Maud Kennaway (Geraldine Fitzgerald), who has already suffered a stroke. Maud dislikes and is openly contemptuous of her infertile son-in-law.Actors
Geraldine Fitzgerald
(Maud Kennaway)
Héctor Elizondo
(Stan)
Salome Jens
(Vera)
Joseph Maher
(Walter Johnson (as Joe Maher))
Austin Pendleton
(Dr. Klein)
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