- The Manitou
Infobox Film
name = The Manitou
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director =William Girdler
producer = Herman Weist
Melvin Simon
William Girdler
Jon Cedar
writer = G. Masterson (novel)
Jon Cedar
Thomas Pope
William Girdler
narrator =
starring =Tony Curtis Susan Strasberg Stella Stevens Jon Cedar Ann Sothern Burgess Meredith Michael Ansara Paul Mantee Jeanette Nolan
music =Lalo Schifrin
cinematography =Michel Hugo
editing =Bub Asman
distributor =Avco Embassy Pictures
released = 1978
runtime = 104 min.
country =Canada /U.S.A.
language = English
budget =
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amg_id = 1:31325
imdb_id = 0077904"The Manitou" is an American horror movie from 1978 with
Tony Curtis andSusan Strasberg based on a 1975 book byGraham Masterton .A woman named Karen enters a hospital in San Francisco suffering from a growing tumor on her neck. The doctors think it's a living creature, a fetus being born inside the tumor.
The movie is based on an old legend about Manitou (
Gitche Manitou ), a Native American spirit.Tagline from the movie: "Evil does not die... it waits... to be reborn"
External links
*imdb title|id=0077904|title=The Manitou
*amg title|id=1:31325|title=The Manitou
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