God Told Me To (1976)

R10/22/1976Crime, Horror, Science Fiction1h 30m
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The people of this city are being terrorized. The crimes have no motives. The killers have only one explanation...

Overview

A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random citizens who claim that 'God told them to'.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Tony Lo Bianco

    Peter J. Nicholas

  2. Cast 1

    Deborah Raffin

    Casey Forster

  3. Cast 1

    Sandy Dennis

    Martha Nicholas

  4. Cast 1

    Sylvia Sidney

    Elizabeth Mullin

  5. Cast 1

    Sam Levene

    Everett Lukas

  6. Cast 1

    Robert Drivas

    David Morten

  7. Cast 1

    Mike Kellin

    Deputy Commissioner

  8. Cast 1

    Richard Lynch

    Bernard Phillips

  9. Cast 1

    Sammy Williams

    Harold Gorman

**_It’s, um… creative_** A detective in Manhattan (Tony Lo Bianco) is puzzled by a string of murders committed by unconnected people who, curiously, claim God told them to do it. Caught between his girlfriend (Deborah Raffin) and ex-wife (Sandy Dennis), he traces the crimes to a mysterious long-haired man (Richard Lynch). Proficiently made by Larry Cohen, “God Told Me To” (1976) starts out like a brooding detective mystery/thriller with Clint Eastwood, but adds an eerie psychological/religious component and, finally, high concept sci-fi. It’s sort of a 70’s version of “Five Million Ye...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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