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The Changeling is a canadien film of genre Thriller directed by Peter Medak released in USA on 28 march 1980 with George C. Scott
The Changeling (1980)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 28 march 1980
Length 1h55
Directed by Peter Medak
OriginCanada
Themes Ghost films
Rating70%
The Changeling is a 1980 Canadian psychological horror film directed by Peter Medak and starring George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere (Scott's real-life wife). The story is based upon events that writer Russell Hunter said he experienced while he was living in the Henry Treat Rogers Mansion of Denver, Colorado.
Synopsis
John Russell (George C. Scott), a composer living in New York, New York, moves cross-country to Washington state following the deaths of his wife and daughter in a traffic accident while on a winter vacation in upstate New York. In suburban Seattle, John rents a large, old and eerie Victorian-era mansion and begins piecing his life back together.Actors
George C. Scott
(John Russell)
Trish Van Devere
(Claire Norman)
Melvyn Douglas
(Senator Carmichael)
John Colicos
(Captain DeWitt)
Barry Morse
(Parapsychologist)
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