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form y separately published work icon The Hunger single work   film/TV   horror  
Adaptation of The Hunger Whitley Strieber , 1981 single work novel
Note: Co-written with American script-writer Ivan Davis.
Issue Details: First known date: 1982... 1982 The Hunger
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Film Details - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; Peerford , 1982

Producers:

Richard Shepherd.

Production Companies:

Peerford.
Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer.

Director of Photography:

Stephen Goldblatt.

Editors:

Pamela Power.

Production Designers:

Brian Morris.

Music:

Denny Jaeger and Michel Rubini.

Cast:

Including Catherine Deneuve (Miriam Blaylock), David Bowie (John Blaylock), Susan Sarandon (Dr Sarah Roberts), Cliff De Young (Tom Haver), Beth Ehlers (Alice Cavender), Dan Hedaya (Lieutenant Allegrezza), and Rufus Collins (Charlie Humphries).

Release Dates:

Premiered in the US on 29 April 1983.

Location:

  • Filmed in London and New York.
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