USA, 1970
95m
35mm film, Eastmancolor, 1.85:1
mono, English
An American fantasy film directed by James Goldstone. Production began on 16 March 1970 and it was originally released in the USA on 24 March 1971.
Plot Summary
John Kane always knows when there will be a death in his family and returns to his hometown to visit his ailing sister. He arrives during a labour dispute and arouses the suspicions of the police, who believes him to be an agitator, and the town’s doctor who comes to believe that there’s something other-worldly about John.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: James Goldstone
© MCMLXX [1970] Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
Columbia Pictures [logo] An E-R production
Produced by: Joel Glickman
Written by: Ernest Kinoy
Director of Photography: Gerald Perry Finnerman
Film Editor: Edward A. Biery
Music: Quincy Jones
Sound Mixer: William Randall
Wardrobe: Aida Swinson, George Tuers II
Makeup: Al Fleming
Special Effects: Geza Gaspar
Art Director: Al Brenner
Cast
Sidney Poitier (John Kane)
Will Geer (Doc Thomas)
Bradford Dillman (Lloyd Thomas)
Beverly Todd (Louisa MacGill)
Ramon Bieri (Orly Ball)
Paul Winfield (Henry Birkardt)
P. Jay Sidney (Reverend McGill)
Richard Ward (Frank)
Warren J. Kemmerling (George)
Michael Bell (Cleve)
Zara Cully (Miss Nettie)
Harry Davis (Turnkey)
Lynn Hamilton (Sarah)
Lincoln Kilpatrick (Charles Gray)
Howard Rice (Jimmy)
Gene Tyburn (Calvin)
Darlene Rice (Marsha)
E.A. Nicholson (Perry)
Bill Crane (Bill Jones)
Richard Bay (lab deputy)
Alternative Titles
L’angelo della morte – Italy
O anthropos pou irthe apo tin kataigida – Greece
Brother John – Der Mann aus dem Nichts – West Germany
Bruder John – Austria, West Germany
Como el viento – Spain
El enigmático John – Colombia, Uruguay
O Estranho John Kane – Brazil, Portugugal
Främling i egen stad – Sweden
Hvem var John Kane? – Denmark
Kane – working title
References
Books
- 1971: 100 Films from Cinema’s Greatest Year by Robert Sellers pp.251 – review
- Ghosts and Angels in Hollywood Films by James Robert Parish pp.40-42 – credits, synopsis, review
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.48
