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Status
Released
Release
1994
Runtime
1h 27m
Verlin is 9 years old and does not talk, nor does he even seem to hear. Henry, a child-like adult, befriends Verlin and pulls him from his shell. Verlin's mother mistrusts Henry, who she feels is dangerous.
23 Cast Members
Gary Farmer
Henry
Keegan MacIntosh
Verlin
Nancy Beatty
Minnie
Robert Joy
Ferris
Joan Orenstein
Agnes
Eric Peterson
Lovejoy
Margot Kidder
Mabel
David Cronenberg
Doc Fisher
J. Winston Carroll
Rev. Rutherford
Wilfrid Bray
Elvin
Neil Dainard
Noel Winetree
Diana Belshaw
Judith
Norma Edwards
Lydia
Deborah Lobban
Matilda
Nadine Rabinovitch
Hilda
George Buza
Butch
Kelly Fiddick
Yulie
Chris Benson
Train Engineer
Andrew Massingham
Train Brakeman
Michael Healey
Attendant