Movie Info

Theophilus North (Anthony Edwards), a young Yale graduate, arrives in chic 1926 Newport and takes a job as a reader for a wealthy invalid. North posse...(read more...) sses a curious talent: His body holds electricity, and his touch produces a small electric shock. The townspeople believe his touch has magic curative powers -- which arouses the suspicion and envy in the local doctor and sets Newport's upper-crust society on its heels!

Director: Danny Huston

MPAA: PG

Release Date: Dec 31, 1988

Cast: Anjelica Huston, Anthony Edwards, David Warner, Harry Dean Stanton, Hunter Carson, Katharine Houghton, Lauren Bacall, Mark Metcalf, Mary Stuart Masterson, Robert Mitchum, Tammy Grimes, Virginia Madsen