How Awful About Allan

Summary: After an eight-month stay in a mental hospital, a tormented man comes home to live with his sister, but a mysterious boarder might be trying to kill him.

Release Date: September 22, 1970

Genre: Thriller

Director: Curtis Harrington

Writer: Henry Farrell

Runtime: 1 h 13 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Aaron Spelling Productions

Distributor: Alpha Video Distributors, Internet Archive, 3GTG, BuckRay TV, Synergy Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

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Forebears	4	1	5
Ethnic	1		1		This is the most reliable data source for accurate ethnic breakdowns of famous people. Often the information is crowdsourced by users and they cite all their sources (family trees, obituaries, census archives, etc.) on the bottom of the page. The only issue is converting their ambiguous and inconsistent verdicts into quantifiable variables. Source: https://ethnicelebs.com/
Total	11	1	12
Cast Percentages	91.67%	8.33%	100%	{"name":"Cast Percentages","series":[{"name":"White","y":91.67,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":8.33,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}
U.S. Population (1970) Percentage	83.2%	11.1%		{"name":"U.S. Population (1970)","series":[{"name":"White","y":83.2,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Asian","y":0.76,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Black","y":11.1,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Indigenous","y":0.4,"color":"#aaeeee"},{"name":"Latino","y":4.4,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":0.3,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":2.63,"color":"#ff0066"}],"prefix":""}	Source: US Census (Note: Racial and ethnic categories overlap so the sum will not equal 100%.)
U.S. Population (1970) Representation	+8.47	-2.77		{"name":"U.S. Population (1970)","series":[["White",83.2],["Black",11.1]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":91.67,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":8.33,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Percentage	81.25%	7.72%		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[{"name":"White","y":6413300000000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":276400000000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":609100000000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":40300000000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":494000000000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":60300000000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: Selig Center, University of Georgia
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Representation	+10.42	+0.61		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[["White",81.25],["Black",7.72]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":91.67,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":8.33,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Percentage	88.52%	7.95%		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":10626145426557,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":107671207435,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":954439515485,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":36655932132,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":252624064000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":26509532664,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: IPUMS-CPS, University of Minnesota
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Representation	+3.15	+0.38		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[["White",88.52],["Black",7.95]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":91.67,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":8.33,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
World population (1970) Percentage	22.24%	8.98%		{"name":"World population (1970) ","series":[{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":7013299168,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":20451021783,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":4349332203,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"White","y":81397248059,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":32855563079,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":130848803366,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":21514753976,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":66200835040,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":1372128062,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World population (1970) Representation	+69.43	-0.65		{"name":"World population (1970) ","series":[["White",22.24],["Black",8.98]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":91.67,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":8.33,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
World Buying Power Percentage	36.48%	6.38%		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[{"name":"White","y":3010602822170000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":771525888400000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":91700962050000,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":526264226360000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":174285727610000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":148984454560000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":526400066100000,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":2431392083750000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":572687873900000,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World Buying Power Representation	+55.19	+1.95		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[["White",36.48],["Black",6.38]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":91.67,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":8.33,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
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