Directed by Fraser C. Heston Written by Stephen King   W.D. Richter   Cast Max von Sydow ... Leland Gaunt (as Max Von Sydow) Ed Harris ... Sheriff Alan Pangborn Bonnie Bedelia ... Polly Chalmers Amanda Plummer ... Nettie Cobb J.T. Walsh ... Danforth Keeton III Ray McKinnon ... Deputy Norris Ridgewick Duncan Fraser ... Hugh Priest Valri Bromfield ... Wilma Jerzyck Shane Meier ... Brian Rusk William Morgan Sheppard ... Father Meehan (as W. Morgan Sheppard) Don S. Davis ... Reverend Rose Campbell Lane ... Frank Jewett Eric Schneider ... Henry Beaufort Frank C. Turner ... Pete Jerzyck Gillian Barber ... Myrtle Keeton Deborah Wakeham ... Myra Tamsin Kelsey ... Sheila Ratcliff Lochlyn Munro ... John LaPointe Bill Croft ... Andy Clutterbuck Dee Jay Jackson ... Eddie Warburton Ann Warn Pegg ... Ruth Roberts Gary Paller ... George Cobb Sarah Sawatsky ... 14 Year Old Girl Robert Easton ... Lester Pratt Mike Chute ... Young Hugh Mel Allen ... Baseball Announcer Trevor Denman ... Race Track Announcer K. Gin ... Raider (as K-Gin) Uncredited Cast Lisa Blount ... Cora Rusk Produced by Jack Cummins   Gordon Mark   Peter Yates   Original Music by Patrick Doyle

Additional Info Premiere: August 27, 1993 DVD Release: December 22, 1998 Blu-ray Release: July 25, 2023 Countries: Distributor: Kino Video Websites: Production Companies Castle Rock Entertainment (presents) New Line Cinema (in association with) Distributors Columbia Pictures   (1993) (United States) (theatrical) Columbia TriStar Home Video   (1994) (United States) (VHS) Image Entertainment   (1994) (United States) (laserdisc) (video) New Line Home Video   (1994) (United States) (VHS) Turner Broadcasting System (TBS)   (1996) (United States) (Extended cut) (TV) TNT   (1997) (United States) (Extended cut) (TV) PolyGram Video   (1998) (United States) (DVD) PolyGram Video   (1998) (United States) (VHS) MGM Home Entertainment   (2002) (United States) (DVD) TGG Direct   (2012) (United States) (DVD) Kino Lorber   (2015) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD) HBO Max   (2020) (United States) (VOD) (video) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)   (2020) (United States) (video) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.9 / 10 Our Rating 5.5 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.0 / 10 Female Users 6.1 / 10 Site Ranking #3,220 / 20,725 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 2 total ratings Almost Perfect 3 total ratings Average 2 total ratings Mediocre 2 total ratings Crap 1 total rating Site Ranking #3,216 Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014) #3,217 Capturing The Friedmans (2003) #3,218 Trolls World Tour (2020) #3,219 Blinded By The Light (2019) #3,220 Needful Things (1993) #3,221 Chucky: Season 1 (2021) #3,222 Chucky: Season 3 (2023) #3,223 Chucky: Season 2 (2022) #3,224 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023)