The Believers
“Nothing can stop them, no one can help you. They know who you are.”
Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison is reluctantly drawn into a series of grisly, ritualistic murders involving the immolation of two youths.
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Cast
32 people
Martin Sheen
Cal Jamison
Known for
Apocalypse Now
Catch Me If You Can
Helen Shaver
Jessica Halliday
Known for
Tremors 2: Aftershocks
The Land Before Time
Harley Cross
Chris Jamison
Known for
Dance with the Devil
The Fly II
Robert Loggia
Lt. Sean McTaggert
Known for
Scarface
Independence Day
Elizabeth Wilson
Kate Maslow
Known for
The Addams Family
The Graduate
Harris Yulin
Robert Calder
Known for
Ozark
Training Day
Lee Richardson
Dennis Maslow
Known for
The Fly II
Prizzi's Honor
Richard Masur
Marty Wertheimer
Known for
It
The Thing
Carla Pinza
Carmen Ruiz
Also in
Sweet Love, Bitter
Law & Order
Jimmy Smits
Tom Lopez
Known for
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Sons of Anarchy
Raúl Dávila
Oscar Sezine
Also in
The Old Man and the Sea
Fires Within
Malick Bowens
Palo
Known for
Out of Africa
Outbreak
John Schlesinger Director · Mark Frost Screenplay Nicholas Conde Author
Worldwide gross $19M · Budget $13M · United States release June 9, 1987
Box office
Budget
$13,000,000
Worldwide gross
$18,753,438
Gross vs. budget
1.4×
Production
Orion Pictures
Production · Studio
United States · United Kingdom · Canada
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · June 9, 1987
Theatrical
Australia
August 6, 1987 · Theatrical
Colombia
October 29, 1987 · Theatrical
Denmark
April 8, 1988 · Theatrical
France
November 4, 2015 · Physical
Germany
November 12, 1987 · Theatrical
Hungary
July 12, 1990 · Theatrical
Ireland
July 22, 1988 · Theatrical
Italy
November 5, 1987 · Theatrical
Japan
November 14, 1987 · Theatrical
Mexico
January 15, 1988 · Theatrical
Norway
February 18, 1988 · Theatrical
Peru
May 26, 1988 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 20, 1987 · Theatrical
Russia
November 8, 1994 · Physical · VHS
Spain
November 3, 2017 · Theatrical · Barcelona, re-release, subtitled version
Sweden
October 9, 1987 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 4, 2004 · Physical · DVD
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