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Guyana, el crimen del siglo (1980)
Country of Origin:
Spain / Panama / Mexico
Year of Production: 1980
Running Times: 90 mins (USA) 108 mins (UK)
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Care / Corporación Nacional Cinematográfica
(CONACINE) / Re-al productions International / Ízaro Films
S.A.
SCRIPT
Script: René
Cardona Jr
DIRECTION
Director: René
Cardona Jr
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Leopoldo Villaseñor
MUSIC
Music: George S. Price, Nelson Riddle, Bob Summers
MISCELLANEOUS
Animal Wranglers: Humberto Gurza, Miguel Gurza
CAST
Stuart Whitman (Reverend James Johnson)
Gene Barry (Congressman Lee O'Brien)
John Ireland (Dave Cole)
Joseph Cotten (Richard Gable)
Bradford Dillman (Doctor Gary Shaw)
Jennifer Ashley (Anna Kazan)
Yvonne De Carlo (Susan Ames)
Nadiuska (Leslie Stevens)
Tony Young (Ron Harvey)
Robert DoQui (Oliver Ross)
Erika Carlsson (Marilyn Johnson)
Hugo Stiglitz (Cliff Robson)
Carlos East (Mike Sheldon)
Ricardo Carrión (Bert Powers)
Jack Braddock Johnson (Alex Dresden)
Delroy White (Ambassador Phillip Banks)
Tito Junco (Thomas)
José Nájera (William Hudson Sr)
Leonor Llausás (Lida)
Carlos Riquelme (Cliff's father)
Rojo Grau (Stewart)
Anaís de Melo (Rebecca)
Yogi Rouge
Alberto Arvizu
Edith González
Ricardo Noriega
Lorraine Chanel (woman shot while escaping)
Fernando Yapur
Robertha (singer)
Enrique Lucero
Julián Bravo
Miguel Gurza (guard) PLOT SUMMARY
A heavily fictionalised account of the Jonestown
massacre. Reverend Jim Johnson leads his 900 or so cult followers
into the heart of the jungle where he establishes a secuded community.
Eventually, Johnson urges the community to commit mass suicide, handing
out poisoned soft drinks to his adoring flock. AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Barber International
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Universal Pictures
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Norway
Rating: 18
UK
Rating: X
USA
Rating: R TIMELINE
1980
January
25: USA – theatrical release POSTER TAGS
The Movie That Dares To Tell The Truth Behind the most
shocking crime of the century! ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Guyana: Crime of the Century –
UK title
Guyana: Cult of the Damned – US title
Guyanan joukkomurha – Finnish title
Il massacro della Guyana – Italian title
Massemord i Guyana – Danish title KEYWORDS
children; christianity; fanatics; guyana; jonestown; mass suicide;
poison; preachers; religion; sects; suicide; throat slittings; true
story
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