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The Town That Dreaded Sundown
In 1946 this man killed five people... Today he still lurks the streets of Texarkana, Arkansas.
( Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller )


The Town That Dreaded Sundown Poster



US Runtime: 86 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Dec 24, 1976   [USA]
 
Director: Charles B Pierce   [Director]
 
Writer: Earl E Smith   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Samuel Z Arkoff   [Executive Producer]
Thomas W Moore   [Associate Producer]
Charles B Pierce   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: James W Roberson   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Tom Boutross   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Jaime Mendoza-Nava   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Companys: American International Pictures   (US)
Charles B. Pierce Film Productions   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    When two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road in Texarkana, local police are baffled and must find "the Phantom Killer" before he can kill again.

Cast:

Ben Johnson
Captain J.D. Morales
Andrew Prine
Deputy Norman Ramsey
Dawn Wells
Helen Reed
Jimmy Clem
Sgt. Mal Griffin
Jim Citty
Police Chief R.J. Sullivan
Charles B Pierce
Patrolman A.C. Benson
Robert Aquino
Sheriff Otis Barker
Cindy Butler
Peggy Loomis
Christine Ellsworth
Linda Mae Jenkins
Earl E Smith
Dr. Kress
Steve Lyons
Roy Allen
 
Joe Catalanotto
Eddie LeDoux
Roy Lee Brown
Rainbow Johnson
Mike Hackworth
Sammy Fuller
Misty West
Emma Lou Cook
Rick Hildreth
Buddy Turner
Jason Darnell
Capt. Gus Wells
Bud Davis
The Phantom Killer
Vern Stierman
Narrator (voice)
Mike Downs
James Duff McAdams
Dennis Lehane
 
 

Stunt Crew:


Bud Davis
Stunt Coordinator
 
 

Sound Crew:


Dick Damon
Production Sound Mixer
Dan Finnity
Sound Effects
Dimitry Gortinsky
Sound Effects
 
Phil Haberman
Sound Effects
Andrew Herbert
Sound Effects
Fred Judkins
Sound Effects
 
Fred Payne
Boom Operator
Richard Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Steve Shearsby
Sound Effects
 
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Joe Catalanotto
Special Effects
 
 

Art Department:


Denise Broulette
Assistant Property Master
Grant Sinclair
Art Direction
 
Libby Smith
Property Master
Myrl Teeter
Art Direction
 
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Joe Catalanotto
Gaffer
Steve Lyons
First Assistant Camera
 
Steve Lyons
First Assistant Camera
Michael Sherfey
Second Assistant Camera
 
John Stroud Jr.
Grip
 

Costume and Wardrobe Department:


Chris Ellsworth
Wardrobe Assistant
 
Karen Jones
Wardrobe Assistant
 
Bonnie Langriff
Wardrobe Assistant
 
 

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