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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)

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Ask her no questions, she'll tell you no lies. Ask her too many and somebody dies.

Quiet, withdrawn 13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives peacefully in her home in a New England beach town. Whenever the prying landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she politely claims that he's in the city on business. But when the landlady's creepy and increasingly persistent son, Frank, won't leave Rynn alone, she teams up with kindly neighbor boy Mario to maintain the dark family secret that she's been keeping to herself.

Cast & Crew

Director
Nicolas Gessner
  • Profile picture of Jodie Foster
    Rynn Jacobs Jodie Foster
  • Profile picture of Martin Sheen
    Frank Hallet Martin Sheen
  • Profile picture of Alexis Smith
    Mrs. Cora Hallet Alexis Smith
  • Profile picture of Mort Shuman
    Officer Ron Miglioriti Mort Shuman
  • Profile picture of Scott Jacoby
    Mario Podesta Scott Jacoby
  • Profile picture of Dorothy Davis
    Town Hall Clerk Dorothy Davis
  • Profile picture of Hubert Noël
    Bank Clerk Hubert Noël

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