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Dead Before Dawn

  • TV Movie
  • 19931993
  • 2h
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6.0/10
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Cheryl Ladd in Dead Before Dawn (1993)
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A wife with a young family finds life becoming unbearable with her successful but violent and abusive husband. After filing for divorce, she quickly learns that her husband, through fear of ... Read allA wife with a young family finds life becoming unbearable with her successful but violent and abusive husband. After filing for divorce, she quickly learns that her husband, through fear of his personal life embarrassing his clients, has commissioned an assassin to murder her bef... Read allA wife with a young family finds life becoming unbearable with her successful but violent and abusive husband. After filing for divorce, she quickly learns that her husband, through fear of his personal life embarrassing his clients, has commissioned an assassin to murder her before going to court. Unfortunately for him, the hired assassin turns out to be an FBI agent... Read all
IMDb RATING
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515
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    • Charles Correll
    • Ricky Blackwood(story)
    • John Ireland(story)
  • Stars
    • Cheryl Ladd
    • Jameson Parker
    • G.W. Bailey
    • Charles Correll
    • Ricky Blackwood(story)
    • John Ireland(story)
  • Stars
    • Cheryl Ladd
    • Jameson Parker
    • G.W. Bailey
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    • 11User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Cheryl Ladd
    Cheryl Ladd
    • Linda
    Jameson Parker
    Jameson Parker
    • Robert Edelman
    G.W. Bailey
    G.W. Bailey
    • Masterson
    Kim Coates
    Kim Coates
    • Zack
    Matt Clark
    Matt Clark
    • John DeSilva
    Keone Young
    Keone Young
    • Young
    Stanley Anderson
    Stanley Anderson
    • Ike
    Hope Lange
    Hope Lange
    • Virginia DeSilva
    Jensen Daggett
    Jensen Daggett
    • Dana Shoreham
    Hollis McCarthy
    Hollis McCarthy
    • Miriam
    Debra Bluford
    • Terri Beaumont
    Ken Boehr
    • Fred Zabitosky
    Andrew Gilchrist
    • Stephen
    Kimberly Horner
    Kimberly Horner
    • Kathleen
    Kip Niven
    Kip Niven
    • Ken Fuller
    Charles Gordon
    • FBI Agent 2
    Kevin Brief
    Kevin Brief
    • Kyle Sutter
    Jon Monroe
    • Bug Man
      • Charles Correll
      • Ricky Blackwood(story)
      • John Ireland(story) (teleplay)
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    6/10
    Not bad for a true story...this film
    was directed by Charles Correll, who also directed several other TV suspense movies, including "Into the Deep Woods" with Tony Perkins and Rosanna Arquette.

    Primarily it is the true story of Linda Edelman, whose husband plotted to have her killed. Not a novel idea. But Cheryl Ladd is pleasant to watch, she is usually very believable in these roles, which is more than can be said for Jameson Parker, who portrays the abusive husband.

    For some reason I am thinking Gerald McRaney would have been better in this movie, because he is a better actor, or perhaps because he was the foil to Jameson Parker in TV's "Simon and Simon" detective series. Jameson Parker is simply too uptight really, to even act the part of a stuffed-shirt wife beater!.

    Matt Clark and Hope Lange, noted veteran actors, portray Ladd's parents. Matt Clark is particularly funny when he says at a restaurant: "I hate Italian food, it all tastes like pizza", as they are longtime Texas residents, born and bred.

    All in all, give the movie a chance. Ladd does well, it is not too soapy, and movies about spousal abuse at least send a valid message to the audience.
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      • January 10, 1993 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dallas, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • Joel Fields Productions
      • Leonard Hill Films
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