

The Dead Zone
DirectorDavid Cronenberg
“In his mind, he has the power to see the future. In his hands, he has the power to change it.”
Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.
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Cast

Christopher Walken
Johnny Smith

Brooke Adams
Sarah Bracknell

Tom Skerritt
Sheriff Bannerman

Herbert Lom
Dr. Sam Weizak

Anthony Zerbe
Roger Stuart

Colleen Dewhurst
Henrietta Dodd

Martin Sheen
Greg Stillson

Nicholas Campbell
Frank Dodd
Sean Sullivan
Herb Smith

Jackie Burroughs
Vera Smith

Géza Kovács
Sonny Elliman

Roberta Weiss
Alma Frechette
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