The Manitou

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The Manitou
Directed by	William Girdler
Produced by	Herman Weist Melvin Simon William Girdler Jon Cedar
Written by	G. Masterson (novel) Jon Cedar Thomas Pope William Girdler
Starring	Tony Curtis Susan Strasberg Stella Stevens Jon Cedar Ann Sothern Burgess Meredith Michael Ansara Paul Mantee Jeanette Nolan
Music by	Lalo Schifrin
Cinematography	Michel Hugo
Editing by	Bub Asman
Distributed by	Avco Embassy Pictures
Release date(s)	1978
Running time	104 min.
Country	Canada / U.S.A.
Language	English
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The Manitou is an American horror movie from 1978 with Tony Curtis and Susan Strasberg based on a 1975 book by Graham Masterton.

A woman named Karen enters a hospital in San Francisco suffering from a growing tumor on her neck. The doctors think it's a living creature, a fetus being born inside the tumor.

The movie is based on an old legend about Manitou (Gitche Manitou), a Native American spirit.

Tagline from the movie: "Evil does not die... it waits... to be reborn"

[edit] External links

• The Manitou at the Internet Movie Database
• The Manitou at Allmovie