THE MANITOU (1978) ¢ ¢
D: William Girdler
Tony Curtis, Susan Strasberg, Michael Ansara,
Stella Stevens, Burgess Meredith, Ann Sothern
A good cast trashes its way through some foolish hocus pocus about a woman who checks into a hospital to get a tumor looked at and learns she has an ancient Indian medicine man growing out of her neck. Curtis and Stevens play psychics, and Strasberg's the unlucky girl with the growth. During the climactic confrontation with the monster, she doesn't even try to keep a straight face.
Michael Ansara
(1922-2013)
