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The Town That Dreaded Sundown
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The Town That Dreaded Sundown

1976

In 1946 this man killed five people... Today he still lurks the streets of Texarkana, Arkansas.

Directed by Charles B. Pierce

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When two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road in Texarkana, local police are baffled and must find "the Phantom Killer" before he can kill again.

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Written by
Earl E. Smith
Cinematographer
James W. Roberson
Origin country
United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Language
en
Rating
R
TMDB
5.8/10 (221 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
46% Rotten
Metacritic
52/100
IMDb
6.0/10 (10,092 votes)
Released December 24, 1976·$400,000 budget

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