---
title: 'Wise Blood (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Huston'
released: '1979-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 106
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/wise-blood-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080140/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Wise Blood (1979)

1979 · 106 min · Drama, Comedy · Germany, United States


## Synopsis

Wise Blood is a 1979 black comedy drama film directed by John Huston, based on Flannery O'Connor's 1952 Southern Gothic novel of the same name. It stars Brad Dourif, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Dan Shor, Amy Wright and Mary Nell Santacroce. The film follows the lives of war veteran preacher Hazel "Haze" Motes (Dourif) who preaches an atheistic "Church of Truth Without Christ."

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston)
- **Screenplay:** [Flannery O'Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/flannery-o-connor)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alex North](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-north)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gerry Fisher](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerry-fisher)

## Cast

- [Ned Beatty](https://cinepixo.com/people/ned-beatty)
- [Harry Dean Stanton](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-dean-stanton)
- [William Finley](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-finley)
- [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston)
- [Dan Shor](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-shor)
- [Brad Dourif](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-dourif)
- [William Hickey](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-hickey)
- [Joe Dorsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-dorsey)
- [Amy Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/amy-wright)

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