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The Prowler

The Prowler

Horror Thriller
1981, Movie, 1h 29min
Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.
Director: Joseph Zito
Cast: Christopher Goutman, Lawrence Tierney

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Christopher Goutman
as Mark London
Lawrence Tierney
as Maj. Chatham
Farley Granger
as Sheriff George Fraser
Cindy Weintraub
as Lisa
Lisa Dunsheath
as Sherry
David Sederholm
as Carl
Thom Bray
as Ben
Diane Rode
as Sally
Bryan Englund
as Paul
Carleton Carpenter
as 1945 M.C.

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