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The Manitou

THE MANITOU

1978 • CA HMDB

April 28, 1978

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.

Directors

William Girdler

Cast

Tony Curtis

Harry Erskine

Michael Ansara

John Singing Rock

Susan Strasberg

Karen Tandy

Stella Stevens

Amelia Crusoe

Jon Cedar

Dr. Jack Hughes

Ann Sothern

Mrs. Karmann

Burgess Meredith

Dr. Snow

Paul Mantee

Dr. McEvoy

Jeanette Nolan

Mrs. Winconis

Lurene Tuttle

Mrs. Herz

Hugh Corcoran

MacArthur

Anne Newman Bacal

10th-Floor Nurse

Jan Heininger

Wolf, an orderly

Michael Laren

Michael, an orderly

Cindy Stanford

Neighbor

Felix Silla

Misquamacus

Charles Kissinger

Anesthesiologist

Horror Fantascienza

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Crew

Production: Melvin G. Gordy (Executive Producer) — David Sheldon (Executive Producer)

Screenplay: William Girdler (Screenplay) — Jon Cedar (Screenplay) — Thomas Pope (Screenplay)

Music: Lalo Schifrin (Original Music Composer)

Cinematography: Michel Hugo (Director of Photography)

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Marco Castellini • November 29, 2025

San Francisco, a girl, engaged to a fortune teller, one day wakes up with a strange growth on her neck; she soon discovers that this metamorphosis is due to the spirit of an Indian sorcerer who has chosen her body to reincarnate. Science will come to the girl's aid. A strange horror: the idea of reincarnation-mutation is surely original, but after a good start, the film loses its way and becomes just another film.

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