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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Who will survive and what will be left of them?
( Horror )


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US Runtime: 83 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Oct 11, 1974   [USA]
 
Director: Tobe Hooper   [Director]
 
Writers: Kim Henkel   [Screenplay]
Kim Henkel   [Story]
Tobe Hooper   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Kim Henkel   [Associate Producer]
Tobe Hooper   [Producer]
Jay Parsley   [Executive Producer]
Richard Saenz   [Associate Producer]
 
Cinematography: Daniel Pearl   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: J Larry Carroll   [Editor]
Sallye Richardson   [Editor]
 
Production Companys: Bryanston Pictures
Henkel Productions
Hooper Productions
Vortex   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

Cast:

Marilyn Burns
Sally
Allen Danziger
Jerry
Paul A Partain
Franklin
William Vail
Kirk
Teri McMinn
Pam
Edwin Neal
Hitchhiker
Jim Siedow
Old Man
Gunnar Hansen
Leatherface
John Dugan
Grandfather
 
Robert Courtin
Window Washer
William Creamer
Bearded Man
John Henry Faulk
Storyteller
Jerry Green
Cowboy
Ed Guinn
Cattle Truck Driver
Joe Bill Hogan
Drunk
Perry Lorenz
Pick Up Driver
John Larroquette
Narrator (voice)
 

Sound Crew:


Wayne Bell
Sound Designer
 
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Dean W. Miller
Special Effects
 
 

Art Department:


Robert A. Burns
Art Direction
 
 

Directing Crew:


Sallye Richardson
Assistant Director
 
 


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