Needful Things (1993) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Fraser Clarke Heston.

Cast

• Max von Sydow as Leland Gaunt
• Ed Harris as Sheriff Alan Pangborn
• Bonnie Bedelia as Polly Chalmers
• J.T. Walsh as Danforth Keeton III
• Valri Bromfield as Wilma Jerzyk
• Ray McKinnon as Deputy Norris Ridgewick
• Lisa Blount as Cora Rusk
• Shane Meier as Brian Rusk
• Duncan Fraser as Hugh Priest
• William Morgan Sheppard as Father Meehan
• Amanda Plummer as Nettie Cobb
• Don S. Davis as Reverend Rose
• Campbell Lane as Frank Jewett
• Eric Schneider as Henry Beaufort
• Frank C. Turner as Pete Jerzyk
• Gillian Barber as Myrtle Keeton
• Deborah Wakeham as Myra
• Tamsin Kelsey as Sheila Ratcliff
• Lochlyn Munro as John LaPointe
• Bill Croft as Andy Clutterbuck
• Dee Jay Jackson as Eddie Warburton
• Ann Warn Pegg as Ruth Roberts
• Gary Paller as George Cobb
• Sarah Sawatsky as 14 Year Old Girl
• Robert Easton as Lester Pratt
• Mike Chute as Young Hugh
• Mel Allen as Baseball Announcer (voice)
• Trevor Denman as Race Track Announcer (voice)

Crew

• Fraser Clarke Heston — Director
• Jack Cummins — Producer
• Stephen King — Novel
• W.D. Richter — Screenplay
• Tony Westman — Director of Photography
• Patrick Doyle — Original Music Composer

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