The Ghost Writer

Blocked novelist Anthony Strack is desperate enough to plot suicide. Before he completes the deed, he is visited by unearthly beings, whose presence helps him to write again.

Cast

Anthony Perkins

as Anthony Strack

Leigh Taylor-Young

as Elizabeth Strack

Joshua John Miller

as Edgar Strack

Juliet Sorci

as Cindy Strack

Pam Matteson

as Miss Blasko

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