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Top billed cast
Denis O'HareEdgar Allan Poe
Kathleen TurnerNarrator
Chris Sarandon
Ben Schnetzer
Roger Corman
Chuck Caruso- Paul Collins
- James Hutchisson
- Zach Dundas
- Jeffrey Meyers
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