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Moon of the Wolf (1972)

Moon of the Wolf poster
Directed by
Daniel Petrie
Genre
horror film, monster film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 15m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 45 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A sheriff investigates a series of violent attacks in a small Louisiana town. The locals suspect a werewolf is responsible for the deaths.

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What happens

Moon of the Wolf is an American TV movie broadcast on September 26, 1972 on ABC Movie of the Week. It stars David Janssen, Barbara Rush, Geoffrey Lewis and Bradford Dillman, with a script by Alvin Sapinsley (based on Leslie H. Whitten's novel of the same name). The film was directed by Daniel Petrie and filmed on location in Burnside, Louisiana. All of the downtown footage was from Clinton, Louisiana. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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