Wolfen

"They can hear a cloud pass overhead, the rhythm of your blood. They can track you by yesterday's shadow. They can tear the scream from your throat."

1981

1h 55m

5.9(229 votes)

Horror

Thriller

Overview

A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.

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Cast & Crew

65 members

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Albert Finney

Dewey Wilson

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Diane Venora

Rebecca Neff

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Edward James Olmos

Eddie Holt

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Gregory Hines

Whittington

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Tom Noonan

Ferguson

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Dick O'Neill

Warren

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Dehl Berti

Old Indian

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Peter Michael Goetz

Ross

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Sam Gray

Mayor

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Ralph Bell

Commissioner

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Max M. Brown

Christopher van der Veer

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Anne Pohtamo

Pauline van der Veer

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Sarah Felder

Cicely Rensselaer

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Reginald VelJohnson

Morgue Attendant (as Reginald Vel Johnson)

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James Tolkan

Baldy

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John McCurry

Sayad Alve

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Chris Manor

Janitor

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Donald Symington

Lawyer

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Jeffery Ware

Interrogation Operator

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E. Brian Dean

Fouchek

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Jeffery V. Thompson

Harrison (as Jeffery Thompson)

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Victor Arnold

Roundenbush

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Frank Adonis

Scola

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Richard Minchenberg

Policeman

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Raymond Serra

Detective (as Ray Serra)

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Thomas Ryan

Detective

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Tony Latham

Victim

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David Connell

Victim

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Crew

Jery Hewitt

Victim

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Roy Brocksmith

Fat Jogger in Park (as Ray Brocksmith)

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Michael Wadleigh

Terrorist Informer

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Joaquin Rainbow

Native American

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John Ferraro

Native American

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Rino Thunder

Native American

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Glenn Benoit

Native American

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Eddy Navas

Native American

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Ricky Hawkeye

Native American

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Pete Dyer

Native American

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Paul Skyhorse

Native American

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Gordon Eagle

Native American

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Javier First-Day-Of-Light

Native American

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George Stonefish

Native American

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Julie Evening Lilly

Native American

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Jane Lind

Native American

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Annie Gagen

ESS Operator

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Max Goff

ESS Operator

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Cullen Johnson

ESS Operator

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Robert L. King

ESS Operator

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Robert Moberly

ESS Operator

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Caitlin O'Heaney

ESS Operator

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Tony Stratta

ESS Operator

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William Sheridan

ESS Operator

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Linda Gary

ESS Voice (voice)

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Charles Howerton

ESS Voice (voice) (as Charles Howerdton)

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Burr DeBenning

ESS Voice (voice)

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Corey Burton

ESS Voice (voice)

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Patricia Parris

ESS Voice (voice) (as Pat Parris)

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Andre Stojka

ESS Voice (voice)

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Dan Sturkie

ESS Voice (voice)

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Mel Welles

ESS Voice (voice)

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Diane Bivens

Revolutionary Woman (uncredited)

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Robert Dahdah

Crowd (uncredited)

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Daniel D. Halleck

(uncredited)

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Angel Ramirez Jr.

Wild Boy (uncredited)

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Tom Waits

Drunken Bar Owner (uncredited)

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