Film · 1969

The Lottery

Name: The Lottery
Director: Larry Yust
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Released: 1969-01-02
Rating: 6.8

19 min · Directed by Larry Yust · NR

Horror Mystery

6.814
ratings

Every year, on June 27th, in a small village in New England, inhabited by no more than 300 people, a lottery is held in which a family is chosen as part of a ritual to ensure a good harvest.

Cast

O

Olive Dunbar

Tessie Hutchinson

William Benedict

Joe Summers

William Fawcett

Old Man Warner

J

Joe Haworth

Bill Hutchinson

Ed Begley Jr.

Jack Watson

Jim Boles

D

Donna Bowen

B

Blanche Bronte

Mrs. Delacroix

A

Alan Brown

Mr. Delacroix

Nancy Hale

Mrs. Adams

Susan Healy

Gavin Jones

Mavonwe Jones

Dorothy Konrad

Janie Dunbar

R

Richard Kozloski

Steve Adams

T

Terry Reed

Irene Tedrow

Mrs. Graves

Crew

Director: Larry Yust
Producer: Larry Yust
Writer: Shirley Jackson, Larry Yust
Editor: Albert Nalpas, Larry Yust
Cinematography: Isidore Mankofsky
Sound: John Brasher

Details

Studios: Encyclopædia Britannica Films
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Certification: NR
Release: January 2, 1969

Themes

ritualnew englandbased on short storysmall villageshort film

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