The Hunger poster
Director Tony Scott
Screenplay James Costigan, Michael Thomas

The Hunger

Tagline: Nothing human loves forever.

Release Date: 1983-04-29

Duration: 96 minutes

Synopsis

Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.

Casting

  • Willem Dafoe
    2nd Phone Booth Youth
  • Susan Sarandon
    Sarah Roberts
  • Catherine Deneuve
    Miriam Blaylock
  • Jane Leeves
    (uncredited)
  • Dan Hedaya
    Lieutenant Allegrezza
  • John Pankow
    1st Phone Booth Youth
  • Douglas Lambert
    TV Host
  • David Bowie
    John Blaylock
  • Cliff DeYoung
    Tom Haver
  • Sophie Ward
    Girl in London House