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The House of Dies Drear (1984)
A young black man and his family move into a home in rural Ohio and discover that during the Civil War it was used by a Dutch immigrant to smuggle runaway slaves to freedom. Soon they begin to suspect that the ghosts of slaves who passed through there are haunting the house.
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A young black man and his family move into a home in rural Ohio and discover that during the Civil War it was used by a Dutch immigrant to smuggle runaway slaves to freedom. Soon they begin to suspect that the ghosts of slaves who passed through there are haunting the house.
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Genre:Fantasy, Drama, Crime, TV Movie
Written By:Richard Wesley
In Theaters:6/1/1984
Box Office:
Runtime:116 minutes
Studio:Children's Television Workshop
Cast
Allan A. Goldstein
Director
Howard Rollins
Walter Small
Shavar Ross
Thomas Small
Gloria Foster
Sheila Small
Moses Gunn
River Lewis Darrow
Clarence Williams III
Mayhew Skinner
Joe Seneca
Pluto
Frances Foster
Great-Grandmother Jeffers
Hardee T. Lineham
Edgar Carr
Tichina Arnold
Pesty
Kadeem Hardison
Mac Darrow
Hank Ross
Wilbur Darrow
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