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Judgment Day: The John List Story (1993) (TV)
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23 February 1993 (USA) morePlot:
The pious John List regularly goes to church and is respected by his neighbours. But one day the police... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for Primetime Emmy. moreUser Comments:
Chilling and true moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Robert Blake | ... | John List | |
| Beverly D'Angelo | ... | Helen List | |
| David Caruso | ... | Chief Bob Richland | |
| Melinda Dillon | ... | Eleanor | |
| Alice Krige | ... | Jean Syfert | |
| David Purdham | ... | Gene Syfert | |
| Micole Mercurio | ... | Wanda | |
| Carroll Baker | ... | Alma List | |
| Tom Butler | ... | Michael Linder | |
| Gary Chalk | ... | Tom Walton | |
| Roger R. Cross | ... | Dennis | |
| Gina Gallego | ... | Janet | |
| Barney McFadden | ... | Rev. Barbour | |
| Kevin McNulty | ... | FBI agent | |
| Gabrielle Miller | ... | Patty List |
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Carroll Baker, who plays John List's mother is less than two years older than Robert Blake who plays her son. moreQuotes:
[Saying grace with her husband and his authoritative mother]Helen List: The recipe may not be yours, but the food is.
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John List was a devout Lutheran who lived with his wife, mother and three children. He grew up as an only child with strict German parents, he had an overly protective and domineering mother (sort of like Norman Bates). List had a masters degree in accounting, but lacked social skills and had a history of losing jobs. People who knew him describe him as an odd and reclusive man who had few friends. He was such a tight ass he would wear a shirt and tie to mow the lawn. One day he snapped and murdered his entire family and got away with it for almost twenty years until America's Most Wanted captured him. That is the story in a nutshell and this film is a good depiction of it. Blake plays List as a milquetoast with rage underneath. this was his first acting in eight years and he won an Emmy nomination for his performance. List claimed that he killed his family because he was worried his daughter wanted to be an actress a job he considered sinful and his wife was sick. Bull@#$%! List was in financial trouble and just wanted to get out and start a new life, that is why he killed his family. His lawyer tried to use this excuse at his trial, but thats all it was. He killed his family to just get rid of them thats all. They featured List's story on a tv show I like called Forensic Files recently and it was just as riveting as this film. Theres one man I would like to take my hat off too. He is a Forensic sculptor named Frank Bender. He created a bust of what List would look like twenty years later and it led to his capture when they showed it on tv. He went over pictures of List and even consulted a forensic psychologist to create a psychological profile of the killer. He even correctly predicted what kind of glasses List would wear twenty years later, a pair with dark frames to hide the fact he was a failure. It led to this killer's capture. List was sentenced to life in prison and to this day has shown no remorse for his terrible crimes. I just cannot believe a human being could be so cold-hearted to murder his wife, mother and three children. I saw this film again on Court TV and it was even more chilling giving the recent circumstances surrounding Robert Blake. I think he killed his wife, and I even wonder if he got the idea from making this film!