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    Sentinel, The (1977)

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    Top model Alison Parker (Cristina Raines) moves out of the New York penthouse in which she has been living with Michael Lerman (Chris Sarandon) to find a place of her own.

    She seeks the help of leading estate agent Miss Logan (Ava Gardner) to help her find an apartment. Miss Logan suggests that she might find what she is looking for in an old ivy-covered brownstone house in Brooklyn, overlooking the Manhattan skyline. Alison agrees and moves in as soon as the formalities are completed.

    All goes well for a little while and then incidents begin to occur which cause Alison a deep sense of unease: Why, for example, does an old blind priest on the top floor (John Carradine) persist in gazing sightlessly through the windows towards the Statue of Liberty?

    Who is the effusive little fellow (Burgess Meredith) with a cat and a canary who calls on Alison and who appears so inoffensive and amusing?

    Who are the curious people at the party where Alison unexpectedly finds herself the guest of honour?

    What is the cause of the mysterious sounds in the night which compel Alison to seek the help of Miss Logan again?

    But why are there no traces of the people Alison insists she met at the weird party? Why does the very room in which the party was held have a completely unlived-in appearance, cobwebs and all?

    Finally and most chillingly, who is the Sentinel and what is the Sentinel’s hideous duty?

    In spite of the reassurances of Miss Logan and Michael, Alison finds herself being inexorably drawn towards a vortex of evil so horrible as to threaten the very sanity of any normal human being.

    Michael Lerman
    Chris Sarandon
    Alison Parker
    Cristina Raines
    Professor Ruzinsky
    Martin Balsam
    Father Halliran
    John Carradine
    Robed Figure
    JosΓ© Ferrer
    Miss Logan
    Ava Gardner
    Monsignor Franchino
    Arthur Kennedy
    Charles Chazen
    Burgess Meredith
    Gerde
    Sylvia Miles
    Jennifer
    Deborah Raffin
    Detective Gatz
    Eli Wallach
    Detective Rizzo
    Christopher Walken
    Film Director
    Jerry Orbach
    Sandra
    Beverly D’Angelo
    Brenner
    Hank Garrett
    Hart
    Robert Gerringer
    Girl at End
    Nana Visitor
    Man at end
    Tom Berenger
    Perry
    William Hickey
    Malcolm Stinnett
    Gary Allen
    Rebecca Stinnett
    Tresa Hughes
    Mrs Clark
    Kate Harrington
    Lilian Clotkin
    Jane Hoffman
    Emma Clotkin
    Elaine Shore
    Dr Aureton
    Sam Gray
    Priest
    Reid Shelton
    Alison’s father
    Fred Stuthman
    Alison’s mother
    Lucie Lancaster
    Jack
    Jeff Goldblum
    Raymond
    Zane Lasky

    Director
    Michael Winner

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