Justice for Annie: A Moment of Truth Movie (1996) (TV)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Noel Nosseck

Writer (WGA):

Joyce Heft Brotman (written by)

Release Date:

15 January 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A woman discovers that the accidental death of her daughter was tied to an insurance scam in this fact-based movie. |

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Insurance Fraud | Based On True Story | Character Name In Title

Cast

Peggy Lipton	...	Carol Mills
Danica McKellar	...	Annie Mills Carman
Terry David Mulligan	...	George Preston
Gwynyth Walsh	...	Lydia Sawyer
Teryl Rothery	...	Laura Kane
Lochlyn Munro	...	Mickey Holloway
Martin Cummins	...	Ken Carman
Mike Sims	...	Gabriel Nickels
Bruce Weitz	...	Detective McAdams
Susan Ruttan	...	Helen Preston
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aloka McLean	...	Jane Mills

Also Known As:

Search for Justice (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

Italy:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Company:

O'Hara-Horowitz Productions

Movie Connections:

References "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" (1952)

Also made as "Death Benefit" in 1997

I enjoyed both this movie and the 1997 one. I'm guessing the 1997 one is more of a documentary since the names of the lawyer and the evil mother are the same as in the book. The 1997 is 4 hours long on TV and focuses on the quest of the lawyer to find the truth. Carrie Snodgress plays the evil mother in Death Benefit. She is portrayed as a serial killer who not only has killed young girls for insurance, but has burned 5 homes for insurance, and killed her husband. Her sons are both in prison for murder. In the 1997 version, the daughter is barely seen beyond photographs taken right before the murder. This movie begins by explaining the troubled relationship between the mother and her murdered daughter.