The Haunting of Barney Palmer

Name: The Haunting of Barney Palmer
Director: Yvonne Mackay
Genre: Family, Mystery, Fantasy
Released: 1987-03-28
Duration: 54 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Ned Beatty, Alexis Banas, Eleanor Gibson, Meredith Braun, Michelle Leuthart

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The Haunting of Barney Palmer

*7.0

Status

Released

Production

The Gibson Group

Aired

1987-03-28

The Haunting of Barney Palmer

The Haunting of Barney Palmer is a fantasy film for children about a young boy who is haunted by his great uncle. Young Barney fears that he has inherited the Scholar family curse; a suite of 80s-era effects ramp up the supernatural suspense. The film was a co-production between PBS (United States) and Wellington's Gibson Group, which resulted in Ned Beatty (Deliverance, Network) being cast. It was written by Margaret Mahy, based on her Carnegie Award-winning novel The Haunting, and an early fruitful collaboration between her and director Yvonne Mackay.

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