GUYANA: CRIME OF THE CENTURY - CULT OF THE DAMNED [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1979
• Genre: Drama, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Nearly 1,000 people - even tiny babies and children- lay dead and rotting in the morning sun in the South American country of Guyana, all victims of cult leader Jim Jones, who had ordered the mass execution of his followers in the 1978 incident called by many 'The Crime of the Century'.; ; 'Guyana: Cult of the Damned,' a horrific dramatization of the Guyana tragedy, where the names have been changed to protect the innocent. traces the steps of Rev. Jim Johnson (Jim Jones - portrayed by Stuart Whitman) a highly charismatic, but profoundly paranoid man of the cloth, who, after years of evangelism and good deeds, start his own church in the mid-western United States. When Johnson become increasingly obsessed with the belief that the CIA is 'a wicked enemy' who is out to get him, he emigrates with his congregation to Guyana, where he plans to create a utopia. But Johnson's 'utopia', consists of a society where he demands his followers turn their minds, bodies and possesions over to him, one that is rife with orgies, physical violence, mental torture, and sexual abuse of children and adults. Ultimately Johnson's paranoia reaches a fevered pitch that culminates in him taking savage action against his own congregation.
• Cast: Stuart Whitman, Gene Barry, John Ireland, Joseph Cotten, Bradford Dillman, Jennifer Ashley, Yvonne De Carlo, Nadiuska, Tony Young, Erika Carlsson, Robert DoQui, Hugo Stiglitz, Carlos East, Eduardo Bea, Juan Luis Galiardo, Armando Calvo, Ricardo Carrión, Óscar Lancer, Adalberto Menéndez, Humberto Vilchis, Jack Braddock Johnson, Delroy White, Yogi Ruge, Sharon Semper, Dana Baker, Tito Junco, Enrique Lucero, Anaís de Melo, Julián Bravo, Robertha, Jacqueline Evans, Lorraine Chanel, Carlos Riquelme, Edith González, Adalberto Arvizu, Alejandro Ciangherotti, Leonor Llausás, Eduardo Noriega, Ricardo Noriega, Esteban Noriega, Leopoldo Francés, Rojo Grau, Yolanda Ponce, Gerardo Castell, Liza Willert, Fernando Yapur, Ernesto Roel Jr., Leon Berio, Armando Martín, Orlando Urdaneta, David Silvan, Miguel Gurza, Humberto Gurza, Mario Arévalo, J.J. Gonzalez, Carlos Suárez, Miguel Ángel Gómez, Badir Yapur, Tirso, Edna Gabriela, José Nájera, Gabriela Willer, René Cardona Jr., Carlos Valdemar
• Director: René Cardona Jr.
• Runtime: 1:55
• Company: Re-al productions International, VCI Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie