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The Haunting of Sarah Hardy (1989)

Name: The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
Director: Jerry London
Genre: Misterio
Released: 1989
Duration: 92 min
Cast: Sela Ward, Michael Woods, Roscoe Born, Polly Bergen, Morgan Fairchild

1989 · Jerry London · 92 min · United States of America · Edited by 1

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Sela Ward stars as beautiful, vulnerable heiress Sarah Hardy, recently wed and returning to her isolated childhood home, The Pines, to claim her vast inheritance. But something – or someone – evil waits there for her. It could be real. Or imagined. Whatever it is , it wants to drive Sarah into madness. And on the other side of madness lies murder. Featuring a tour de force performances by Morgan Fairchild and Polly Bergen, The Haunting of Sarah Hardy is sheer gothic suspense at its most wicked.

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French: L'obsession de Sarah Hardy
German: Im Bann des Todes
Italian: L'ossessione di Sarah Hardy
Portuguese: A Loucura de Sarah
Chinese: 莎拉夜驚魂

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