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The Census Taker (1984) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1984 · 95 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Bruce R. Cook
- Starring
- Timothy Bottoms, Jennifer Finch, Garrett Morris, Meredith MacRae, Greg Mullavey
George and Martha, a couple with secrets, invite Harvey—a pushy census taker—into their home. His relentless, increasingly invasive questions push them to the brink, and in a desperate act they kill him. With help from friends Pete and Eva, they conceal the body while a tenacious investigator closes in, forcing them to hide their crime.
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