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How Awful About Allan is a american film of genre Drama directed by Curtis Harrington released in USA on 22 september 1970 with Anthony Perkins
How Awful About Allan (1970)
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Add to a movie listHow Awful About Allan is a 1970 made-for-television psychological thriller film, directed by Curtis Harrington, the first of two collaborations with writer Henry Farrell (the other was What's the Matter with Helen?), and starring Anthony Perkins and Julie Harris. It premiered as the ABC Movie of the Week on September 22, 1970 and was produced by prolific television producer Aaron Spelling.
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Allan (Perkins) is suffering from hysterical blindness following a fire that killed his father, a renowned academic who punished Allan as a child. The fire also facially scarred Allan's sister Katherine (Harris). Allan had accidentally left some cans of paint thinner near a heater which caught fire.Actors
Anthony Perkins
(Allan)
Julie Harris
(Katherine)
Joan Hackett
(Olive)
Kent Smith
(Raymond)
Robert H. Harris
(Dr. Ellins)
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