Dark Night of the Scarecrow
In a small Southern town, four vigilantes wrongfully execute a mentally-challenged man, but after the court sets them free, they begin to mysteriously experience deadly "accidents."
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"Dark Night of the Scarecrow is directed by Frank De Felitta and written by J.D. Feigelson and Butler Handcock. It stars Charles Durning, Larry Drake, Tonya Crowe, Jocelyn Brando, Lane Smith and Claude Earl Jones. Music is by Glenn Paxton and cinematography by Vincent Martinelli. Small town Americana and Bubba Ritter (Drake), a friendly but mentally challenged man, is falsely accused of attacking and severely injuring young Marylee Williams (Crowe). Four of the town residents, with hate and ignorance driving them on, hunt down Bubba and find him hiding as a scarecrow in a field. Murdering him,..."
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Screenwriter J.D. Feigelson went to Texas and recorded the sounds of cicadas so they could be used in the film.
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In a small Southern town, four vigilantes wrongfully execute a mentally-challenged man, but after the court sets them free, they begin to mysteriously experience deadly "accidents."