Stephen King Movies > The Dead Zone

Synopsis

Christopher Walken excellently plays a teacher, Johnny Smith, who ends up in a coma due to a car accident.  He awakes some years later, only to find he has gained psychic powers.  Foreseeing the future appears to be a 'gift' at first, but ends up causing problems.  His visions become frightening, showing him a future that could just be catastrophic...

Producer/s

• Jeffrey Chernov - associate producer
• Dino De Laurentiis - executive producer
• Debra Hill (I) - producer

Director/s

• David Cronenberg

Writing Credits

• Stephen King (original novel)
• Jeffrey Boam

Cast

Christopher Walken - Johnny Smith 
Brooke Adams - Sarah Hazlett Bracknell 
Tom Skerritt - Sherriff George Bannerman 
Herbert Lom - Dr. Sam Weizak 
Anthony Zerbe - Roger Stuart 
Colleen Dewhurst - Henrietta Dodd 
Martin Sheen - Greg Stillson 
Nicholas Campbell - Frank Dodd/The Castle Rock Slasher 
Sean Sullivan (I) - Herb Smith 
Jackie Burroughs - Vera Smith 
Géza Kovács - Sonny Elliman 
Roberta Weiss - Alma Frechette 
Simon Craig (I) - Chris Stuart 
Peter Dvorsky (I) - Dardis 
Julie-Ann Heathwood - Amy 
Barry Flatman - Walt Bracknell 
Raffi Tchalikian - Denny #1 
Ken Pogue - Vice President 
Gordon Jocelyn - Five-Star General 
Bill Copeland (I) - Secretary of State 
Jack Messinger - Therapist 
Chapelle Jaffe - Nurse 
Cindy Hines - Natalie 
Helene Udy - Weizak's Mother 
Ramon Estevez - Teenage Boy with Camera 
Joseph Domenchini - Young Weizak 
Roger Dunn (I) - Reporter 
Wally Bondarenko - Reporter 
Claude Rae - Reporter 
John Koensgen - T.V. Anchorman 
Leslie Carlson - Brenner (as Les Carlson) 
James Bearden - Deputy #1 
Hardee T. Lineham - Deputy #2 
William B. Davis (I) - Ambulance Driver (as William Davis) 
Seirge LeBlanc - Denny #2 
Vera Winiauski - Polish Peasant 
Joe Kapnaiko - Polish Peasant 
David Rigby - Truck Driver (as Dave Rigby)

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