In Broad Daylight (TV 1991)

The fanatically uncompromising Len Rowan and his family insult and terrorize the citizens of a small town for years. One day the comment of a saleswoman about Len's son not being able to ... See full summary »

Director:

James Steven Sadwith

Writers:

Harry MacLean (book), William Hanley (teleplay)

Stars:

Brian Dennehy, Cloris Leachman, Marcia Gay Harden

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brian Dennehy	...	Len Rowan
Cloris Leachman	...	Ruth Westerman
Marcia Gay Harden	...	Adina Rowan
Chris Cooper	...	Jack Wilson
John Anderson	...	Wes Westerman
Ken Jenkins	...	Bob Webb
Robert Schenkkan	...	Rev. Don Douglas
David Neidorf	...	Marshal Paul Harris
Tony Frank	...	Sheriff Phil Lewis
Bill Thurman	...	Virgil Teague
Brandon Smith	...	Todd Lacey
Colleen Keegan	...	Darlene Rowan
Bill Bolender	...	Frank Snow
Greta Muller	...	Madge Summers
Dedra London	...	Cindy Rowan

Storyline

The fanatically uncompromising Len Rowan and his family insult and terrorize the citizens of a small town for years. One day the comment of a saleswoman about Len's son not being able to pay his sweets triggers off his persecution complex. As revenge for the believed insult, the whole family starts stalking the shop owner and her husband... until this escalates and the old man gets badly injured. Len is arrested, but gets off, free on bail. His clever attorney delays the court session for more than a year - while Rowan keeps threatening the witnesses. But then, the people feel they've had enough of this and decide to take the law in their own hands...

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Plot Keywords:

based on book

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Taglines:

Len Rowan is coming to town ... for the last time.

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 February 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

Koston iltapäivä

Filming Locations:

Elgin, Texas, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Force Ten Productions Inc., New World Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

True Life is not a shallow plot

Well I would like to comment on Chris's comment about this movie was dismal and the plot was shallow. How can something that happened in REAL life be shallow and dismal. How do I know this actually happened? I used to live in a small town next to the town in which this event took place and friends of my family and some of my family had run-ins with the guy in which Brian Dennehy portrayed. As for the movie I thought it was very good. Brian Dennehy played the part perfectly and I also thought the plot told a pretty accurate story of how this family tormented the people in that small community . And to this day those people have not said a word about what happened that day. Now that is justice