Ganja & Hess

Infobox Film | name = Ganja & Hess


caption = DVD cover
director = Bill Gunn
producer = Chiz Schultz
executive producers = Jack Jordan
Quentin Kelly
writer = Bill Gunn
starring = Marlene Clark
Duane Jones
music = Sam Waymon
cinematography = James E. Hinton
editing = Victory Kanefsky
distributor =
released = April 20, 1973 (USA)
runtime = 110 min.
78 min. (cut version)
language = English
budget = $350,000.
amg_id = 1:92677
imdb_id = 0068619
preceded_by =
followed_by =

"Ganja & Hess" is a 1973 horror film directed by Bill Gunn and stars Marlene Clark and Duane Jones. The film follows the exploits of archaeologist Dr. Hess Green (Jones) who becomes a vampire after being stabbed by his intelligent, but unstable, assistant with an ancient cursed dagger. Green falls in love with his assistant's wife, Ganja (Clark), who learns Green's dark secret.

External links

*imdb title|id=0068619|title=Ganja and Hess.
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