The Sentinel (1977 film)
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Movie poster by Bill Gold
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| Directed by | Michael Winner |
| Produced by |
Jeffrey Konvitz Michael Winner |
| Written by | Jeffrey Konvitz (novel, screenplay) Michael Winner |
| Starring |
Chris Sarandon Cristina Raines Martin Balsam Burgess Meredith Beverly D'Angelo Ava Gardner José Ferrer Eli Wallach |
| Music by | Gil Melle |
| Cinematography | Richard C. Kratina |
| Edited by |
Bernard Gribble Terry Rawlings |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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92 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3,700,000 (estimated) |
| Box office | $4 million |
The Sentinel is a 1977 American horror film directed by Michael Winner and starring Cristina Raines, Chris Sarandon, Ava Gardner, Burgess Meredith, Sylvia Miles, and Eli Wallach. The film also features Christopher Walken, Jeff Goldblum, John Carradine, Jerry Orbach, Tom Berenger, and Beverly D'Angelo in supporting roles. It is based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Jeffrey Konvitz who also co-wrote the screenplay with director Michael Winner.
The plot focuses on a young model who moves into a historic Brooklyn brownstone that has been sectioned into apartments, only to find that its proprietors are excommunicated Catholic priests, and the building is a gateway to hell.
The film was released by Universal Pictures in 1977.
Alison Parker, a beautiful but severely neurotic fashion model (Raines) moves into a gorgeous Brooklyn brownstone house that has been divided into apartments. The house is inhabited on the top floor by Father Halliran (John Carradine), a reclusive blind priest who spends all of his time sitting at his open window. Alison begins having strange physical problems, including insomnia, and has some terrifying flashbacks of her attempted suicides. She complains to the real estate agent of the noise caused by her strange neighbors, only to be told that the house is occupied only by the priest and herself. The behavior of her "non-existent" neighbors becomes increasingly surreal and disturbing.
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