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''Sonny Boy'' (Italian: ''Il dono del silenzio'') is a 1989 American
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directed by Robert Martin Carroll. The musical score was composed by Carlo Maria Cordio. It stars
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David Carradine David Carradine ( ; born John Arthur Carradine Jr.; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor best known for playing martial arts roles. He is perhaps best known as the star of the 1970s television series '' Kung Fu'', playi ...
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Brad Dourif Bradford Claude Dourif (; born March 18, 1950) is an American actor. He was nominated for an Oscar, and won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award for his film debut role as Billy Bibbit in ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975). He is also kno ...
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Conrad Janis Conrad Janis (February 11, 1928 – March 1, 2022) was a jazz trombonist and actor who starred in film and television during the Golden Age Era in the 1950s and 1960s. He played the role of Mindy McConnell's father, Frederick, on television's ' ...
, Sydney Lassick, Alexandra Powers, and Steve Carlisle. David Carradine wrote the film's theme song, "Paint", which he performs in the film.


Plot summary

In 1970, Harmony, a small town in
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, is run by a small-time crime boss named Slue, who accepts the delivery of a
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car stolen by his henchmen Weasel, who brings it after killing a couple who was travelling with their child. When the crime boss finds the couple's baby in the backseat he wants to kill him, but he is stopped by his transvestite “wife”, Pearl. Slue decides to keep the baby - which Pearl names “Sonny Boy” - but he cuts out the boy’s tongue and raises him as a mute accomplice in their crimes, training and treating him like a wild dog, and sending Sonny Boy to kill anyone who wants to steal from or opposes Slue's grip over the town. When the grown Sonny Boy escapes and tries to make contact with the outside world, the attention he draws to his warped family results in darkly-humored mayhem.


Cast

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David Carradine David Carradine ( ; born John Arthur Carradine Jr.; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor best known for playing martial arts roles. He is perhaps best known as the star of the 1970s television series '' Kung Fu'', playi ...
... Pearl *
Paul L. Smith Paul Lawrence Smith (June 24, 1936 – April 25, 2012) was an American-Israeli actor. Burly, bearded and imposing, he appeared in feature films and occasionally on television since the 1970s, generally playing "heavies" and bad guys. His most no ...
... Slue *
Brad Dourif Bradford Claude Dourif (; born March 18, 1950) is an American actor. He was nominated for an Oscar, and won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award for his film debut role as Billy Bibbit in ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975). He is also kno ...
... Weasel *
Conrad Janis Conrad Janis (February 11, 1928 – March 1, 2022) was a jazz trombonist and actor who starred in film and television during the Golden Age Era in the 1950s and 1960s. He played the role of Mindy McConnell's father, Frederick, on television's ' ...
... Doc Bender * Sydney Lassick ... Charlie P. * Savina Gersak ... Sandy * Alexandra Powers ... Rose * Michael Boston ... Sonny Boy (as Michael Griffin) * Steve Carlisle ... Sheriff *
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... Deputy *
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... Bart * Robert Broyles ... Mayor *
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... Father Owen *
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... Doc Wallace *
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... Husband


Legacy

Carradine wrote and performed the theme songs for several movies that he either directed or starred in, like '' You and Me'', ''
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'' and ''Sonny Boy''. The first verse from the ''Sonny Boy'' theme, "Paint" (which he wrote while filming ''Americana'' in
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, in 1973), is engraved on his headstone, as an epitaph.David Carradine Grave Marker
December 7, 2009 Radar online


Home Media

This movie was released in Blu-ray format in January 2016, with English audio and subtitles, by Shout! Factory. Special features include audio commentaries with director Robert Martin Carroll, and with screenwriter Graeme Whifler.


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sonny Boy 1989 films 1980s action films 1989 drama films 1989 thriller films American thriller films Italian thriller films Films shot in New Mexico 1980s English-language films 1980s American films 1980s Italian films