The Manitou
“Evil does not die… It waits to be re-born!”
A psychic's girlfriend finds out that a lump on her back is a growing reincarnation of a 400 year-old demonic Native American spirit.
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Cast
17 people
Tony Curtis
Harry Erskine
Known for
Some Like It Hot
The Defiant Ones
Michael Ansara
John Singing Rock
Known for
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
The Message
Susan Strasberg
Karen Tandy
Known for
Taste of Fear
Kapo
Stella Stevens
Amelia Crusoe
Known for
The Poseidon Adventure
The Nutty Professor
Jon Cedar
Dr. Jack Hughes
Known for
Death Hunt
Capricorn One
Ann Sothern
Mrs. Karmann
Known for
A Letter to Three Wives
The Blue Gardenia
Burgess Meredith
Dr. Snow
Known for
Rocky
Clash of the Titans
Paul Mantee
Dr. McEvoy
Known for
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Breakout
Jeanette Nolan
Mrs. Winconis
Known for
The Fox and the Hound
The Rescuers
Lurene Tuttle
Mrs. Herz
Known for
Psycho
The Fortune Cookie
Hugh Corcoran
MacArthur
Also in
Caged Heat
No Place to Hide
Anne Newman Bacal
10th-Floor Nurse
Known for
El Dorado
The Thrill of It All
William Girdler Director · Thomas Pope Screenplay Jon Cedar Screenplay
United States release April 28, 1978 · Produced in Canada, United States · Production Mid-America Pictures, Simon Productions
Production
Melvin Simon Productions
Production
Mid-America Pictures
Production
Simon Productions
Production
Manitou Productions Ltd.
Production
Canada · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 28, 1978
Theatrical
France
January 24, 1979 · Theatrical
Germany
July 28, 1978 · Theatrical
Spain
March 21, 1979 · Theatrical
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