The Reincarnation of Peter Proud

The Reincarnation of Peter Proud 1975 is an American motion picture released by Bing Crosby Productions, and Cinerama Releasing Corporation. Of the supernatural suspense genre, the film was directed by J. Lee Thompson, notable for directing Cape Fear 1962, based upon a 1973 novel by Max Ehrlich.

A professor at a college in California, Dr. Peter Proud Michael Sarrazin, begins to have recurring dreams. In one nightmare, Proud appears to see a man murdered by a woman in a rowboat while he is swimming naked. The murdered man repeatedly cries, Marcia, dontProud is haunted by his dreams and seeks medical treatment. He attends a sleep lab to try to decipher his dreams. However, the dreams do not register as being dreams in fact, they do not register at all. One evening while watching television, several of his visions play out before him on a local documentary entitled The Changing Face of America. He sees the arch and the church that have been dominating his dreams, and calls the television station to discover the location. Upon learning that the location of his visions is in Massachusetts, Proud and his girlfriend Nora Cornelia Sharpe travel there. In Massachusetts, the couple drive from town to town, but are unsuccessful until they arrive in Springfield. It is here that Proud begins to see familiar sights from his dreams, such as the bridge, the church, the Puritan statue, and others. Eventually, Peter locates Marcia Margot Kidder, the mystery woman from his nightmares, and befriends her daughter Ann Jennifer ONeill at a local country club. ........

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