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The House of Dies Drear
Released: June 1, 1984 (1984)
Runtime: 116 minutes
Genres: Fantasy, Drama, Crime, TV Movie
A young black man and his family move into a home in rural Ohio and discover that during the Civil War it was used by a Dutch immigrant to smuggle runaway slaves to freedom. Soon they begin to suspect that the ghosts of slaves who passed through there are haunting the house.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Joe Seneca as Pluto
Age at release: 65
- Frances Foster as Great-Grandmother Jeffers
Age at release: 59
- Moses Gunn as River Lewis Darrow
Age at release: 54
- Gloria Foster as Sheila Small
Age at release: 50
- Clarence Williams III as Mayhew Skinner
Age at release: 44
- Howard Rollins as Walter Small
Age at release: 33
- Kadeem Hardison as Mac Darrow
Age at release: 18
- Tichina Arnold as Pesty
Age at release: 14
- Shavar Ross as Thomas Small
Age at release: 13
- Hardee T. Lineham as Edgar Carr
Age at release: Unknown
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- Eugene Clark as River Ross Darrow
Age at release: 32
- Hank Ross as Wilbur Darrow
Age at release: Unknown
- Richard Mills as Kenneth Small
Age at release: Unknown
- Alan Rose as Bounty Hunter
Age at release: Unknown
- Gene Mack as Russell Darrow
Age at release: Unknown