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Director:
Glenn Jordan
Writers:
Joseph Wambaugh (novel)
Joseph Wambaugh (screenplay)
Contact:
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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:
This was a difficult thing to watch... more (11 total)

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

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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
Company:
New World Television more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Jay Smith has been released from prison because the state Supreme Court in 1992 dismissed his murder conviction and forbade a retrial, ruling that state police had concealed evidence. more
Quotes:
Jack Holtz: What kids...? more

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User Comments

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11 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
This was a difficult thing to watch..., 26 October 2004
Author: Lisa Kelso (Reinert) (yellowroselgk) from Pennsylvania

My step-father was Ken Reinert, and Karen and Michael were my step-brother and step-sister. My mother married Ken in the early/mid 70's and we became a family, with Karen & Michael spending the weekends and holidays with us. This movie was intense, very emotional, yet ran smoothly, and I still remember sitting in the TV room with Ken, Lynn, my little brother, Wayne, and myself week after week, watching the story of our lives played for all the world to see. It was very hard on my now X-step-father, Ken, and it took many years, a divorce,growing close with my brother,and a new loving girlfriend for him to find true happiness. I know from monthly communicating and seeing him for many years (since his divorce from my mother), that he died happy and in peace with his life finally after all of these years. My brother and I still speak of him often and the one question we don't know that will ever be answered is: "What did Dad marinate his porkloins in that made them taste so good (he was a chef)???"

It was a very impressively directed movie. It was kept clean, as opposed to the graphics that Joseph Wambaugh wrote about in his book. Like my mother stated above in her comment, feel free to contact myself if you have any questions. I actually didn't know there were websites concerning the murders. Thanks for reading this & have a great day! Thanks for caring about our family.

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