The Haunting of Barney Palmer

Mar 28, 1987

0h 54m

★ 0.0

Overview

The Haunting of Barney Palmer is a fantasy film for children about a young boy who is haunted by his great uncle. Young Barney fears that he has inherited the Scholar family curse; a suite of 80s-era effects ramp up the supernatural suspense. The film was a co-production between PBS (United States) and Wellington's Gibson Group, which resulted in Ned Beatty (Deliverance, Network) being cast. It was written by Margaret Mahy, based on her Carnegie Award-winning novel The Haunting, and an early fruitful collaboration between her and director Yvonne Mackay.

Genres

Family

Mystery

Production Companies

The Gibson Group

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Cast

Cole Scholar

Ned Beatty

Barney Palmer

Alexis Banas

Tabitha Palmer

Eleanor Gibson

Troy Palmer

Meredith Braun

Claire Palmer

Michelle Leuthart

John Palmer

Andy Anderson

Ben Scholar

Bernard Kearns

Great Grandmother Scholar

Yvonne Lawley

Alberic Scholar

Patrick Smyth

Young Cole

Leon Banas

Young Barnaby

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