The Stranger Beside Me (2003) (TV)

Director:

Paul Shapiro

Writers (WGA):

Ann Rule (novel)
Matthew McDuffie (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

21 March 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

While working at a Seattle clinic for women in the 1970s, Ann Rule becomes friends with Ted Bundy. Based on a book by Ann Rule. |

Plot Keywords:

Serial Killer | Based On Novel

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Bill Campbell	...	Ted Bundy (as Billy Campbell)
Barbara Hershey	...	Ann Rule
Kevin Dunn
Suki Kaiser
Brenda James	...	Margo
Jay Brazeau
Benjamin Ratner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kwesi Ameyaw	...	TV Host
Meghan Black	...	Leslie Rule
Amber Borycki	...	Young Girl
Crystal Buble	...	Katie
Aaron Douglas	...	District Attourney Baines
Brian Drummond	...	Policeman
Sarah Edmondson	...	Susan Wayne
Anna Hagan	...	Flinore Whelan
Roger Haskett	...	Psychiatrist
Tara Hungerford	...	Ticket Taker
Dee Jay Jackson	...	Prison Guard (as Deejay Jackson)
Nicole LaPlaca	...	Young Girl
Mia Lotringer	...	Waitress
Mark Lukyn	...	Utah police officer
Alison Matthews	...	Beverly Neal
Claudette Mink	...	Victoria
Haili Page	...	Sarah Jane
Shawn Reis	...	Florida Officer
Tania Saulnier	...	Sorority Girl
Rekha Sharma	...	Dr. Thurston
Donavon Stinson	...	Court Goer
Michael St. John Smith	...	Governor Evans
Maureen Thomas	...	Therapist
Kimberley Warnat	...	Julie Wyatt
Trent Wittal	...	Young Ted Bundy
Chiara Zanni	...	Olivia

Also Known As:

Ann Rule Presents: The Stranger Beside Me (USA)

Runtime:

USA:120 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Barbara Lieberman Productions

Movie Connections:

References The Towering Inferno (1974)

Somewhat decent but not as good as the book!

Ann Rules' books including the Stranger Beside Me offers a detailed complex and complicated version of the events around Ted Bundy. Who would have thought that even a seasoned policewoman turned writer would be sitting next to a serial killer on Tuesdays nights for a Suicide hotline. There is no wonder that Ted Bundy got away with so much. He was brilliant and conscious. He graduated college and was attending law school. But there was a dark side behind the image of a charming, intelligent political promising young man and that is what Ann Rule tries to bring forth to the public in her book and in her movie. Sadly, the movie does touch on some bit of his past including the possible connection with a young girl's disappearance and the horrifying crimes against the women in the film. Not all of the victims were shown but the film can scare anybody from hitchhiking away for sure. Ann Rule was a lot stronger than the portrayal. She has three other children which are not at all mentioned. Barbara Hershey did a favorable job in playing Ann Rule. The actor, Billy Baldwin, played Ted Bundy was absolutely chilling and tragic all at once. You just cringed with sadness when you heard the judge's remarks about him and if he had only chosen another way to live.