Charles Durning
Otis P. Hazelrigg
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Oct 24, 1981 · With Charles Durning, Robert F. Lyons, Claude Earl Jones, Lane Smith. In a small Southern town, four vigilantes wrongfully execute a mentally-challenged man, but after the court sets them free mysterious "accidents" begin to kill them off one by one.
Dark Night of the Scarecrow is a 1981 American made-for-television horror film directed by veteran novelist Frank De Felitta (author of Audrey Rose) from a script by J.D. Feigelson.
In a small country town, developmentally-disabled Bubba Ritter has the mentality of a child and is the best friend of a young local girl. When the girl trespasses into the yard of a house and is attacked by a vicious dog, Bubba saves her but is wrongly accused of killing her by her mother.
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Dark Night of the Scarecrow. 1981 · 1 hr 37 min. TV-MA. Horror. After finding young Marylee Williams mauled viciously, bigots pursue as a suspect her intellectually disabled friend Bubba Ritter. Subtitles: English. Starring: Tonya Crowe Frank De Felitta Larry Drake Charles Durning Robert F. Lyons Lane Smith. Directed by: Frank De Felitta.
Small-town vigilantes led by the mailman (Charles Durning) do not get away with killing a local simpleton.
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Bubba, an intellectually disabled man, is falsely accused of attacking a young girl. Disguised as a scarecrow, he hides in a cornfield, only to be hunted down and shot by four vigilante men. After they are acquitted due to lack of evidence, the men find themselves being stalked one by one.
