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Echoes in the Darkness (1987) (TV)

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User Rating: 6.6/10 (103 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Glenn Jordan
Writers:
Joseph Wambaugh (novel)
Joseph Wambaugh (screenplay)
Release Date:
1 November 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
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 synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Not bad for movie-of-the-week more

Cast

 (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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Additional Details

Runtime:
250 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:18 | USA:Unrated
Filming Locations:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Trivia:
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. more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
Not bad for movie-of-the-week, 25 May 2003
Author: couchpotato2k from San Francisco, CA

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.

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