Movie
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Overview
Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
Details
- Release date
- 1974-10-11
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Genres
- Horror
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Vortex, Henkel Productions, Hooper Productions, Bryanston Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Marilyn Burns as Sally
- Allen Danziger as Jerry
- Paul A. Partain as Franklin
- William Vail as Kirk
- Teri McMinn as Pam
- Edwin Neal as Hitchhiker
- Jim Siedow as Old Man
- Gunnar Hansen as Leatherface
- John Dugan as Grandfather
- Robert Courtin as Window Washer
- William Creamer as Bearded Man
- John Henry Faulk as Storyteller
Crew
- Tobe Hooper - Director
- Tobe Hooper - Screenplay
- Kim Henkel - Screenplay
- Kim Henkel - Story
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