Main Cast: Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Robert Loggia, Jimmy Smits, Harley Cross
Release Year: 1987
Country: US
Run Time: 150 minutes
Plot
A police psychologist and his school-age son become embroiled in the machinations of a mysterious cult religion in this thriller from director John Schlesinger. After his wife is electrocuted in a freak accident, Dr. Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen) and his son, Chris (Harley Cross), move back to Manhattan, where Cal went to school. When not spending time with his son and surrogate extended family -- husband-and-wife anthropologists Kate (Elizabeth Wilson) and Dennis Maslow (Lee Richardson) -- Cal settles into his new job and romances his landlady, Jessica Halliday (Helen Shaver). Soon, though, a series of brutal murders of young children begins to take over Cal's life. Through the ravings of policeman Tom Lopez (Jimmy Smits), who believes the killers have supernatural power over him after stealing his badge, Cal learns of Santeria, a voodoo-like Latin American sect that mixes elements of Christianity and pagan mysticism. Although the religion turns out to have ties to some of the richest men in the city and even Cal's well-meaning maid seems to be a practitioner, he can't get any straight answers as to whether the cult is responsible for the murders. But after a sinister African shaman (Malick Bowens) places a curse on Jessica, Cal finally begins to understand the danger that faces him -- and his son. The Believers was very loosely adapted from Nicholas Conde's 1982 novel The Religion. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
Harris Yulin - Donald Calder; Elizabeth Wilson - Kate Maslow; Lee Richardson - Dennis Maslow; Richard Masur - Marty Wertheimer; Carla Pinza - Mrs. Ruiz; Juan Manuel Aguero - News Vendor; Malick Bowens - Palo; Philip Carey - Calder's Assistant; Harvey Chao - Chinese Couple; Bob Clout - Cigar Couple; Raul Davila - Sezine; Tony de Santis - Precinct Detective; Gary Farmer - Mover; Janet-Laine Green - Lisa; Ed Jones - Police Patient; Dick Martinsen - Diner Cop; Christine Pak - Chinese Couple; Joe Pentangelo - Theater Cop; Larry Ramos - Diner Counterman; Jennifer Lee - Calder's Assistant; Robert Clohessy - Diner Detective; Shirley Anthony - Marty's Secretary; John Bendel - Theater Detective; Christopher Brown - Carpenter; Dick Callahan - Bartender; Robert Connelly - Precinct Detective; Ramsey Fadiman - Mover; Raymond Graham - Lead Drummer; Nonnie Griffin - Cigar Couple; Elizabeth Hanna - Doctor At Hospital; Joan Kaye - Woman In Park; Khali Keyi - African Shaman; Maria Lebb - Believer; Maria Magdaleno - Woman At Newstand; Micki Moore - Believer; Ray Paisley - Customs Agent; Fernando Queija - Believer; Ana Maria Quintana - A.C.H.E. Secretary; Leroy Radcliffe - Chief Dancer; Frank Rivers - Park Cop; Richard Spiegelman - Believer; Joseph Wilkens - Theater Cop
Credit
John McDonnell - Properties Master; Carla Pinza - Consultant/advisor; Susan Bode-Tyson - Set Designer; Connie Brink - Special Effects; Beverly J. Camhe - Producer; Michael Childers - Second Unit Director; Michael Childers - Producer; Shay Cunliffe - Costume Designer; Monty Diamond - Production Manager; Mark Frost - Associate Producer; Mark Frost - Screenwriter; Elinor Rose Galbraith - Set Designer; Gina Hamilton - Set Dresser; Kevin Hayney - Makeup; Simon Holland - Production Designer; Peter Honess - Editor; Shonagh Jabour - Makeup; Dean Jeffries - Stunts; John Kasarda - Art Director; Vic Magnotta - Stunts; Dwayne McLean - Stunts; Edgard Mourino - Stunts; Robby Müller - Cinematographer; Abigail Murray - Costume Designer; J. Peter Robinson - Composer (Music Score); Cindy Kaplan Rooney - First Assistant Editor; John Schlesinger - Director; John Schlesinger - Producer; Mickey Scott - Makeup; Sandi Sissel - Camera Operator; Roy Forge Smith - Production Designer; Carol Spier - Art Director; Wilhelmina Taylor - Choreography; Edward Teets - Executive Producer; Edward Teets - Production Manager; Carol Wood - Assistant Costumer Designer; Janet Clark - Storyboard Artist; Ramsey Fadiman - Production Assistant; Brian Fitzsimmons - Grip; Ana Maria Quintana - Script Supervisor; Ray Woodfork - Stunts; Tod A. Maitland - Sound Mixer; James W. Skotchdopole - Second Assistant Director; David Coatsworth - Production Manager; Bryan Day - Sound Mixer; Vebe Borge - First Assistant Director; John Lyons - Casting; Donna Isaacson - Casting; Patrick Crowley - Second Unit Director; Robin Russell - First Assistant Editor; Christopher Stoia - Location Manager; Ross Clydesdale - Casting; Mark Auguste - Foley Editor; Andrew Glen - First Assistant Editor; Jeremy Gibbs - First Assistant Editor; Stephen Campanelli - Second Assistant Camera; John W. DeBlau - Gaffer; Dennis Gamiello - Key Grip; Kerry Hayes - Still Photographer; Takashi Seida - Still Photographer; Peter Norman - Second Unit Director Of Photography; Clive Thomasson - Set Dresser; Lee Michael Searles - First Assistant Editor; Marvin Midwicki - First Assistant Camera; Mary Ellen Mark - Still Photographer; Nicholas Conde - Book Author; Rick Parker - Animal Trainer/Wrangler; Keith Large - Location Manager; Christopher Dean - Key Grip; Jay Duboisson - Costumes Assistant; John Brian Lowry - Dolly Grip; Gordon Antell - Production Assistant; Sylvia Fay - Extra Casting; Vic Rigler - Properties Master; Richard Fettes - First Assistant Editor; Alexa Anthony - Set Dresser; Christopher J. Brown - Production Assistant; Peter Fletcher - Properties Master; Gary Jones - Post Production Accountant; Ivan Lynch - Hair Styles; Werner Sherer - Hair Styles; Kim H. Winther - Second Assistant Director; Danielle Fleury - Buyer; Danielle Fleury - Set Dresser; Nick Kosonic - Scenic Artist; Ian Wheatley - Set Dresser; Michael LaCroix - Boom Operator; Kim Maitland - Boom Operator; Bob Risk - Dialogue Editor; Nicholas Stevenson - Sound Editor; Rick Forsayeth - Stunts; Ian Bibby - Electrician; John Cambria - Second Assistant Camera; Jacob F. Conrad - Location Manager; Debbie Cooke - Production Coordinator; Patrick DeMarchelier - Still Photographer; Anne Marie Ferney - Set Production Assistant; Maureen Gurney - Costume/Wardrobe; Ernst Haas - Still Photographer; Vince Heileson - Production Accountant; Feider Hochheim - Gaffer; Kim Kozolanka - Costumes Assistant; Rose Lewis - Extra Casting; Peter Lombardi - Production Accountant; Patt McCurdy - Production Coordinator; Michael McMurray - Electrician; David Middlemas - Post Production Supervisor; Daniel Narduzzi - Best Boy Grip; Christopher Porter - Best Boy Electric; Eddie Ramirez - First Assistant Camera; Michael Ruggles - Electrician; Gary K. Shaw - Production Assistant; Greg Van Riel - Assistant Location Manager; Ted Ross - Special Effects; Martha Bean - Third Assistant Director; David A. Brody - Consultant/advisor; Brian Cole - Craft Service/Catering; Bob Connelly - Consultant/advisor; Orest Haba - Production Assistant; Jadi McCurdy - Production Assistant; Dennis Jacobsen - First Assistant Accountant; Jonathan Lucas - First Assistant Editor; Mick Monks - First Assistant Editor; Ron Lightfoot - Carpenter; Ian Fraer - Head Carpenter; Myles Roth - Head Carpenter
After the accidental death of his wife by electrocution, Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen)
moves to New York City, where a rash of brutal, ritualistic child murders, supposedly
committed by members of a Hispanic cult practicing a malevolent version of Santeria have been
confounding the NYPD. Things take a turn for the worse when the cult
targets Jamison's son Chris (Harley Cross).
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