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Echoes in the Darkness (1987) (TV)
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Overview
Release Date:
1 November 1987 (USA) morePlot:
Based on the true life story that took place in the 1970s, this movie follows the murder of Susan Reinert and her two children in Upper Merion Township in Pennsylvania, a case that lasted seven years. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 nominations moreUser Comments:
Not bad for movie-of-the-week moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Peter Coyote | ... | William Bradfield Jr. |
 | Stockard Channing | ... | Susan Reinert |
 | Robert Loggia | ... | Jay Smith |
 | Peter Boyle | ... | Sgt. Joe Van Nort |
 | Cindy Pickett | ... | Sue Myers |
 | Gary Cole | ... | Jack Holtz |
 | Zeljko Ivanek | ... | Vince Valaitis |
| Alex Hyde-White | ... | Chris Pappas |
 | Treat Williams | ... | Rick Guida |
 | Vincent Irizarry | ... | Montione |
| Philip Bosco | ... | Judge Garb |
| Brenda Bazinet | ... | Lynn Reinert |
| Diane D'Aquila | ... | Pat Schnure |
| Tony De Santis | ... | Lou De Santis |
| Patricia Hamilton | ... | Dorothy Hunsberger (as Pat Hamilton) |
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Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMOVIEmeter: 
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Jay Smith has been released from prison and totally exonerated for this crime due to prosecutorial misconduct. The author of the book, Joseph Wambaugh, was found to have illegally given money to the police for information about the ongoing case. moreFAQ
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Not familiar with the actual incident this movie is based upon, so cannot comment as to the accuracy of the facts and portrayals presented, but give this movie credit for holding a viewer's attention without being overly sensationalistic. The performances are stellar, and the tone of the movie is realistic and gritty - it feels like Pennsylvania, and it could be the town where you live.
I was delighted by a small inside joke. Gary Cole, who plays an investigator in this movie, is sitting in the courtroom while one of the defendants is being questioned. Reference is being made to the books the defendant owned and used as references, including the book "Fatal Vision," upon which another television movie based on fact was made. The camera swings slyly to Gary Cole, who did, in fact, play the infamous defendant, Captain Jeffrey MacDonald, in the movie "Fatal Vision." Very cute.
This movie was being broadcast on Lifetime, which I normally tune to when I want to fall asleep. Unfortunately, I was drawn in far enough I never took that nap.