Overview - The Haunting of Barney Palmer

Overview

The Haunting of Barney Palmer is a fantasy film for children about a young boy who is haunted by his great uncle. Young Barney fears that he has inherited the Scholar family curse; a suite of 80s-era effects ramp up the supernatural suspense. The film was a co-production between PBS (United States) and Wellington's Gibson Group, which resulted in Ned Beatty (Deliverance, Network) being cast. It was written by Margaret Mahy, based on her Carnegie Award-winning novel The Haunting, and an early fruitful collaboration between her and director Yvonne Mackay.

Cast

• Name: Ned Beatty

  Character: Cole Scholar

  Popularity: 2.328

  

• Name: Alexis Banas

  Character: Barney Palmer

  Popularity: 0.4121

  

• Name: Eleanor Gibson

  Character: Tabitha Palmer

  Popularity: 0.2666

  

• Name: Meredith Braun

  Character: Troy Palmer

  Popularity: 0.3101

  

• Name: Michelle Leuthart

  Character: Claire Palmer

  Popularity: 0.6528

  

• Name: Andy Anderson

  Character: John Palmer

  Popularity: 1.1745

  

• Name: Bernard Kearns

  Character: Ben Scholar

  Popularity: 0.5918

  

• Name: Yvonne Lawley

  Character: Great Grandmother Scholar

  Popularity: 0.8027