Evil Town

Evil Town
Directed byCurtis Hanson
Larry Spiegel
Peter S. Traynor
Mardi Rustam
Written byRoyce D. Applegate
Richard Benson
Larry Spiegel
Produced byJoan Kasha
William D. Sklar
Peter S. Traynor
StarringJames Keach
Dean Jagger
Robert Walker Jr.
Doria Cook-Nelson
Michele Marsh
Christie Houser
Hope Summers
Lynda Wiesmeier
CinematographyBob Ioniccio
Bill Mann
Edited byDavid Blangsted
Jess Mancilla
Peter Parasheles
Music byMichael Linn
Charles Bernstein (uncredited)
Production
companies
Centaur Productions
Mars Productions
Distributed byNew World Pictures
Starmaker Video
Trans World Entertainment (TWE)
Release date
  • June 2, 1987 (1987-06-02)
Running time
88 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Evil Town is a 1987 American horror film produced by William D. Sklar and Peter S. Traynor, and starring James Keach, Dean Jagger, Robert Walker, Michele Marsh and Lynda Wiesmeier. It is notable for its lengthy and troubled production, which began in 1973 and lasted until 1985, under four different directors: Curtis Hanson (credited as 'Edward Collins'), Mardi Rustam, Larry Spiegel and Traynor. Producer Peter S. Traynor was convicted of fraud related to the film's financing in 1981, six years before its eventual release. This was also the final film for Dean Jagger.