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How Awful About Allan

How Awful About Allan (1970)

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Release Date: Sep 22, 1970 Wide

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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 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

PG, 1 hr. 14 min.

Drama, Television, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Apr 16, 1991

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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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A predictable suspense story, but it's always cool to see Perkins play a psycho, right?

September 5, 2010
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This Movie Came in the Mill Creek Nightmare Worlds 50 Pack, Anthony Perkins was pretty young in this one. Not much to it. a B flix for sure.

January 28, 2008
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