A Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the world. He decides that the best way to do that is to become a preacher and start up his own church.
Wise Blood is of 1 hour(s) and 46 minute(s). It is Produced By: Ithaca, Anthea, New Line Cinema. It was released on 1979-10-24. It has the tagline: An American Masterpiece! It has an average vote of 6.236 on TMDB.
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