In 1970, military doctor Jeffrey MacDonald reports a hideous and confusing story: a gang of hippies akin to the Manson Family broke into his North Carolina home and slaughtered his pregnant wife and two daughters, while somehow only wounding him slightly as he tried to fight them off. As he continues to proclaim his innocence, his skeptical father-in-law, Freddy Kassab, and investigative journalist, Joe McGinniss, probe his story to uncover the truth. Written by Jwelch5742
One of the better "true crime" dramas (and I think that between a&e, court tv, and lifetime, I have seen almost all of them ...). As another reviewer pointed out, there is another side to this story, so don't go thinking the movie presents the gospel truth, but it's still a very compelling flick. Question to others who have seen it: am I nuts, or is Liam Neeson on the jury? He's not credited, but only the jury foreman got a line ... still, there's a guy in the back row who looks amazingly like Neeson. Anyone else catch this?