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The Ghost Writer

6.5199027mNRMovieComedyHorrorTV Movie

Blocked novelist Anthony Strack is desperate enough to plot suicide. Before he completes the deed, he is visited by unearthly beings, whose presence helps him to write again.

DirectorAlan Rafkin
WriterAlan Spencer
ProducersDavid DeCoteau·John Ward

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Cast · Directed by Alan Rafkin

APAnthony Perkins
Anthony Perkins
Anthony Strack
LTLeigh Taylor-Young
Leigh Taylor-Young
Elizabeth Strack
JMJoshua John Miller
Joshua John Miller
Edgar Strack
JSJuliet Sorci
Juliet Sorci
Cindy Strack
PM
Pam Matteson
Miss Blasko
CSCindy Sorensen
Cindy Sorensen
Judith's Remains
LALibby Aubrey
Libby Aubrey
Judith (voice)
LWLarry Wilmore
Larry Wilmore
The Paramedic

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