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Director:
Writers (WGA):
David Heilbroner (book)
Philip Rosenberg (written by)
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Release Date:
13 March 1996 (USA) more
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Plot:
Steven Keeney is a big corporate lawyer who decides to take on a small-time murder case to discover... more | add synopsis
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Pretty good for a television movie! more (9 total)

Cast

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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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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and a scene of sensuality.
Runtime:
89 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:12 | Australia:PG (video rating) | UK:15 (video premiere) | USA:PG-13 | Australia:M

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Pretty good for a television movie!, 13 June 2005
8/10
Author: Sylvia Marciniak (sylviastel@aol.com) from United States

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.

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