Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.
Directed by David Cronenberg
sheriff
coma
based on novel or book
sacrifice
flashback
premonition
vision
doctor
car accident
series of murders
psychic
dark hero
gothic
madness
Rank
#32 in 1983·#3856 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.5 / 5
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Cast
Christopher Walken
Johnny Smith
Brooke Adams
Sarah Bracknell
Tom Skerritt
Sheriff Bannerman
Herbert Lom
Dr. Sam Weizak
Anthony Zerbe
Roger Stuart
Colleen Dewhurst
Henrietta Dodd
Martin Sheen
Greg Stillson
Nicholas Campbell
Frank Dodd
Jackie Burroughs
Vera Smith
Géza Kovács
Sonny Elliman
Roberta Weiss
Alma Frechette
Peter Dvorsky
Dardis
Crew
David Cronenberg
Director
Jeffrey Boam
Screenplay
Michael Kamen
Original Music Composer
Mark Irwin
Director of Photography
Dino De Laurentiis
Executive Producer
Debra Hill
Producer
Stephen King
Novel
Janet Hirshenson
Casting
Tom Glass
Animal Wrangler
Dino De Laurentiis
Presenter
Clark Johnson
Special Effects
Jock Brandis
Gaffer
Popular Reviews
387 reviews
Mila
7.0★ · 05/14/26
Maybe the most normal Cronenberg film.. and for that reason I have to dock half a star
Maybe the most normal Cronenberg film.. and for that reason I have to dock half a star
carter canfield
7.0★ · 03/24/26
Never too upset about a pretty straight forward King-retelling but I was hoping this would have been a big more Cronenberg’ified
Never too upset about a pretty straight forward King-retelling but I was hoping this would have been a big more Cronenberg’ified
iga
9.0★ · 03/01/26
cronenberg king and walken? i expected nothing less
cronenberg king and walken? i expected nothing less
izzy
6.0★ · 02/08/26
lets put johnny in Until Dawn
lets put johnny in Until Dawn
Flor
6.0★ · 02/03/26
not the best cronerberg movie but so good, i think is missing something but maybe is because is one of the firsts ones… now, THE END 10/10
not the best cronerberg movie but so good, i think is missing something but maybe is because is one of the firsts ones… now, THE END 10/10
