Movie
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Released: February 5, 1988 (1988)
Runtime: 98 minutes
Genres: Horror, Thriller
A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses. Based on the true life experiences of Wade Davis and filmed on location in Haiti, it's a frightening excursion into black magic and the supernatural.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Michael Gough as Schoonbacher
Age at release: 71
- Theresa Merritt as Simone
Age at release: 65
- Zakes Mokae as Dargent Peytraud
Age at release: 53
- Paul Winfield as Lucien Celine
Age at release: 48
- Conrad Roberts as Christophe
Age at release: 44
- Badja Djola as Gaston
Age at release: 39
- Paul Guilfoyle as Andrew Cassedy
Age at release: 38
- Brent Jennings as Louis Mozart
Age at release: 36
- Bill Pullman as Dennis Alan
Age at release: 34
- Cathy Tyson as Marielle Duchamp
Age at release: 22
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- William Newman as French Missionary Doctor
Age at release: 53
- Michael Jackson as Newscaster
Age at release: 53
- Francis Guinan as American Doctor
Age at release: 36
- Aleta Mitchell as Celestine
Age at release: 35
- Dey Young as Mrs. Cassedy
Age at release: 32
- Diamanda Galás as Voices of the Dead
Age at release: 32
- Jaime Pina Gautier as Julio
Age at release: Unknown
- Evencio Mosquera Slaco as Old Shaman
Age at release: Unknown
- Kimberleigh Aarn as Margrite
Age at release: Unknown
- Philogen Thomas as Priest
Age at release: Unknown
- Ana Rosa Smith Avila as Mulatto Nurse
Age at release: Unknown
- Sally-Anne Munn as Nurse / Intern
Age at release: Unknown
- Jean-Baptiste Rosvelt as Black Waiter
Age at release: Unknown
- Robert De James as Old Lame Peasant
Age at release: Unknown
- Jackson Delgado as Possessed Dancer
Age at release: Unknown
- Barbara Guillaume as Mozart’s Whore
Age at release: Unknown
- Betty Garcia Rodriguez as Pretty Whore
Age at release: Unknown
- Luis Tavare Pesquera as Kyle Cassedy
Age at release: Unknown
- Claudia Pimentel as Old Crone
Age at release: Unknown