"The secret is sleeping in the trees."

1983

1h 26m

5.4(47 votes)

Horror

Drama

Overview

In 1750, an adulterous preacher is ejected from a small British colony with his motley crew of followers, who make their way downriver to establish a new settlement of their own beyond the western frontier.

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Cast & Crew

20 members

Acting

Dennis Lipscomb

Rev. Will Smythe

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Guy Boyd

Marion Dalton

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Rebecca Stanley

Eloise Dalton

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Sally Klein

Fanny Dalton / Narrator

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Karlene Crockett

Leah, Queen of the Forest

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Fran Ryan

Sister (Calvin's Wife)

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Rob Paulsen

Jewell Buchanan

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Kerry Sherman

Margaret Buchanan

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Erin Buchanan

Meg

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Will Hare

Calvin

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Ivy Bethune

Rachel

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Mike Genovese

Interrogator

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Bret Pearson

Luther

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Rose Preston

Indian Girl

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Mitch Rogers

Shawnee

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Lenard Petit

Frenchman

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Directing

Bruce Solow

Townsman

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Russell James Young Jr.

The Witch

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Jacqueline Van Hook

Wood Nymph (uncredited)

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John Miranda

Andrew (uncredited)

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