Details

Release year: 1993

Storyline

A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.

Top credits

Directors

Fraser C. Heston

Writers

Cast

Max von Sydow — Leland Gaunt
Ed Harris — Sheriff Alan Pangborn
Bonnie Bedelia — Polly Chalmers
Amanda Plummer — Nettie Cobb

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Did you know

• In the novel, young Brian Rusk does commit suicide. In the film, however, he is revealed by Sheriff Pangborn to have survived. The line of dialogue was a last minute addition after the studio strongly objected to the horrific implications of a minor killing himself.

• This was the feature film debut for director Fraser C. Heston, who had played the infant Moses in The Ten Commandments (1956). During the filming, he took Max von Sydow (who played Jesus in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)) aside to discuss how he would play the upcoming scene. One observer noted, "That's something you don't see every day - Moses telling Jesus how to play the devil."

• Stephen King's original novel also featured a return appearance by Ace Merrill, the bully played by Kiefer Sutherland in Stand by Me (1986).