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Director:
Richard Friedman
Writers:
Richard Friedman (writer)
Jeffrey Goldenberg (writer)
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Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
En sindsyg morder er løs![Denmark]
Plot:
Haunted by the drowning death of his own daughter, a police investigator embarks on an obsessive 10-year hunt for the identity of a dead boy... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Well Done Film, Based on A True Case more (2 total)

Cast

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Farley Granger ... Douglas Andrews

Lee Bryant ... Jane Andrews
John McCurry ... Jim O'Brien

Arch Johnson ... Dr. Robert Riordan
Barbara Bingham ... Suzy Andrews
Ruth Warrick ... Beatrice VandenBerg

Danny Aiello ... Capt. Mike Grasso
John Calonius ... Dr. Dave Kimball
Veronica Hart ... Victoria Howe
Erica Katz ... Young Suzy
Danielle Baum ... Jennifer Andrews

Frank Ferrara ... Lazio Szathmary
Lisa Cain ... Maria Szathmary

Bill Anagnos ... Police Officer #1

Webster Whinery ... Police Officer #2
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Additional Details

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Unknown
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Runtime:
103 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Norway:16
Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USA
Company:
Art Theater Guild more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Arch Johnson's final movie role. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The wall clock in the morgue. more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Well Done Film, Based on A True Case, 1 January 2007
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Author: FEF312 from New York, NY

Farley Granger stars in this 1984 film, as a Medical Examiner who becomes obsessed with finding out the identity of a young boy who was found dead, without identification. Because his own child had died at a young age, the Granger character becomes completely fixated on discovering the boy's identity, at great personal cost.

This film is in fact based on a true incident that occurred in Philadelphia in 1957. I have included an exceprt of a 1/1/07 article on the case from the NY Times in the IMDb Message board for this film. The parallels with the real case and this film are quite striking.

I strongly recommend this film, and then reading up on the true case that inspired it.

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