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Needful Things is a american film of genre Drama directed by Fraser Clarke Heston released in USA on 27 august 1993 with Max von Sydow
Needful Things (1993)
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Add to a movie listNeedful Things is a 1993 horror film and an adaptation of Stephen King's 1991 novel Needful Things. The film was directed by Fraser C. Heston. It stars Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia and J. T. Walsh.
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A mysterious proprietor named Leland Gaunt (von Sydow), claiming to be from Akron, Ohio, opens a new antiques store called "Needful Things" in the small town of Castle Rock, Maine. The store sells various items of great personal worth to the residents (some of which, like a pendant that eases pain or a toy which predicts the outcome of horse races, are clearly supernatural). Gaunt demands payment both in cash and in small "favors", usually pranks played by his customers on their neighbors. Gaunt's first customer is a kid named Brian Rusk (Meier) who buys off a rare baseball card in exchange for a prank.Actors
Max von Sydow
(Leland Gaunt)
Ed Harris
(Sheriff Alan J. Pangborn)
Bonnie Bedelia
(Polly Chalmers)
J. T. Walsh
(Danforth 'Buster' Keeton III)
Amanda Plummer
(Netitia 'Nettie' Cobb)
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