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13 March 1996 (USA)
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Steven Keeney is a big corporate lawyer who decides to take on a small-time murder case to discover...
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Pretty good for a television movie!
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Peter Horton | ... | Steven Keeney |
| Carrie Snodgress | ... | Virginia McGinnis |
 | Wendy Makkena | ... | Wynn Burkholder |
| Penny Johnson | ... | Sylvia Guzman |
| Elizabeth Ruscio | ... | LouAnne Wilkens |
 | Belita Moreno | ... | Sarah West |
 | Lee de Broux | ... | Mark Vandenberg |
 | Dean Norris | ... | Rod Montgomery |
 | Jack Kehler | ... | Dick Coates |
 | Glenn Morshower | ... | Tim O'Grady |
 | Joan McMurtrey | ... | Dr. Susan Lindsay-Rhodes |
| Ben Slack | ... | Eddie Edison |
| Sharen Camille | ... | Melissa Wilkens |
| Nathan Lawrence | ... | Christian Keeney |
| Rick Cicetti | ... | Parishioner |
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Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and a scene of sensuality.
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89 min
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I like this movie for some strange reason. I think Peter Horton is believable as a Louisville attorney who goes from corporate to a criminal case with a possible psychopath female serial killer played wonderfully by Carrie Snodgress. I found Horton's character of Steven Keeney to be believable. He grows conscious over a young girl's fallen death and her mother's inquiry regarding her insurance policy opens a can of worms leading to Virginia McGinnis whose primary motive is to collect money on their insurance policies. We begin a journey with Keeney to discover a disturbing psychopath cold-blooded killer capable of the unthinkable. I won't tell you anything more without spoiling the movie. I was impressed with supporting performances by Elizabeth Ruscio as the victim's mother and I enjoyed the rapport between Keeney's secretary Sara West played by Belita Moreno who is now on the George Lopez Show and himself. I found that to be refreshing and memorable too. I am giving this film an 8 because I think it was weak on some parts and could have explored Virginia's personality and background more clearly but I think it is a very high grade for a television film.