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The Sentinel

Year:
Duration:
92 min
Genres:
Horror
IMDB rate:
6.4
Director:
Michael Winner
Awards:
4 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1977-05-12
Filming Locations: 10 Montague Terrace, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Earnings
Budget: $3,700,000
Gross: ESP 15,106,054 (Spain) Admissions 114,101 (Spain)
Cast
Actor
Character
Chris Sarandon
Michael Lerman
Cristina Raines
Alison Parker
Martin Balsam
Professor Ruzinsky
John Carradine
Father Halliran
José Ferrer
Robed Figure
Ava Gardner
Miss Logan
Arthur Kennedy
Monsignor Franchino
Burgess Meredith
Charles Chazen
Sylvia Miles
Gerde Engstrom
Deborah Raffin
Jennifer
Eli Wallach
Detective Gatz
Christopher Walken
Detective Rizzo
Jerry Orbach
Michael Dayton
Beverly D'Angelo
Sandra
Hank Garrett
James Brenner
Robert Gerringer
Hart
Nana Visitor
Girl at end (as Nana Tucker)
William Hickey
Perry
Gary Allen
Malcolm Stinnett
Tresa Hughes
Rebecca Stinnett
Kate Harrington
Anna Clark
Jane Hoffman
Lilian Clotkin
Elaine Shore
Emma Clotkin
Sam Gray
Dr. Aureton
Reid Shelton
Priest
Fred Stuthman
Mr. Parker
Lucie Lancaster
Mary Parker
Anthony Holland
Party host
Jeff Goldblum
Jack
Zane Lasky
Raymond
Mady Kaplan
Alice Marshak (student) (as Mady Heflin)
Diane Stilwell
Brenner's secretary (as Diane Stillwell)
Ron McLarty
Real estate agent
Esther Blackmon
Demon (uncredited)
Richard Dreyfuss
Man on sidewalk talking to girl in red sweater (uncredited)
Joe Hamer
Detective (uncredited)
Ronald Hunter
Assistant to Michael Dayton (uncredited)
Charles Kimbrough
Hospital doctor (uncredited)
Bob Melvin
Background scary person (uncredited)
Vicki Michelle
Girl on TV (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Cristina Raines has said that the film crew actually used the exterior and the interiors of the Brooklyn Heights brownstone for the film. Raines says a lot of strange things happened while they were shooting there, particularly when she was assigned an apartment to use as her dressing room and found out it was being rented by a priest.
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Academy Award-winner John Williams was originally supposed to score the music. However, when Williams backed out to do a project by George Lucas, Michael Small was later supposed to be a replacement. Small eventually was unable to do the score which led to Golden Globe-nominee Gil Melle, who composed a chilling score which blends the elements of Williams, Jerry Fielding, and James Horner.
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Kate Jackson was asked to play Alison Parker, but turned down the part.
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Goofs
(at around 36 mins) While Allison and the landlady are having coffee, the coffee cup is in the landlady's hand, then when the camera changes angles it's on the table, then back in her hand when the camera angle goes back.
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(at around 4 mins) In an opening scene in which Cristina Raines' character is filming a shampoo commercial, she and another model are seen whipping their hair around. The footage was reversed, so the actresses' hair is moving backwards.
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(at around 9 mins) As the hearse passes, the camera crew and lighting equipment are reflected in the car's side.
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Quotes
Michael Lerman: It's all right. Listen, listen. I know everything now. The Latin you saw in that book was an ancient warning from the angel Gabriel to the angel Uriel.
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Michael Lerman: Look at this. William O'Rourke. Father Halliran? William O'Rourke, disappeared July 12, 1952 after attempted suicide.
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Det. Gatz: [looking at old police mugshots] Rebecca and Malcolm Stinnett. Sell. Gerde Engstrom. Emma and Lillian Clotkin. Anna Clark. All people the Parker girl said she met.
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Faq
Q
Was Cristina Raines actually a fashion model?
A
Yes. Cristina Raines was a runway and photography model during the early '70s, before her acting career became her main occupation. Nowadays, she's semiretired, as she is married to Christopher Crowe and both have raised a family.
Q
Were those really Human Oddities (Freaks) in the climax?
A
Yes. Michael Winner's casting assistants made scouting throughout several carnivals to find people of these characteristics willing to participate in the film.
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Photos from cast
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