The Staircase Murders (2007)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 26min
- Crime, Drama
- 15 Apr 2007 (USA)
- TV Movie
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Cast
Treat Williams | ... |
Michael Peterson
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Kevin Pollak | ... |
David Rudolf
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Samaire Armstrong | ... |
Caitlin Atwater
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Brandon Ray Olive | ... |
Todd Peterson
(as Brandon Olive)
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Laura Bailey | ... |
Margaret Peterson
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Douglas M. Griffin | ... |
D. A. Jim Hardin
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Brett Rice | ... |
Detective Castell
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Kate Donadio | ... |
Erica
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Nina Jones | ... |
Kathleen Peterson
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Stephanie Honoré | ... |
Martha
(as Stephanie Honore)
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Ric Reitz | ... |
Bill Peterson
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Kyle Clements | ... |
Clayton Peterson
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Lara Grice | ... |
Candace Zamperini
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Melinda Walsh | ... |
Patty Peterson
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Lisha Brock | ... |
Freda Black
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Nancy McLoughlin | ... |
Margaret Blair
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Dana Lee | ... |
Dr. Henry Lee
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J.C. Sealy | ... |
Dr. Radisch
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Brian F. Durkin | ... |
Brett Wolgamott
(as Brian Durkin)
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Patrick Kirton | ... |
TV Reporter #1
(as Patrick Scott Kirton)
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Andrea Frankle | ... |
Detective Susan O'Neil
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Don Yesso | ... |
Alan Crane
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Bernard Hocke | ... |
Lead CSI
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Nick Erickson | ... |
Agent Duane Deaver
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Billy Slaughter | ... |
Dr. James Adams
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Ramona Tyler | ... |
Laura Baxter
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Lisa Morrison | ... |
Elizabeth Ratliff
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Harold Evans | ... |
Judge
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Shanna Forrestall | ... |
Female TV Reporter
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Hunt Scarritt | ... |
German Police Captain
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Carol Sutton | ... |
Jury Forewoman
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Kerry Cahill | ... |
Barbara O'Hara
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Eric F. Adams | ... |
Officer Morrison
(as Eric Adams)
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Nancy Grace | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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Michele Adams | ... |
Pedestrian (uncredited)
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Alexander Asefa | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Peggy Burgard | ... |
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
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Edward D. Caiado | ... |
TV Reporter (uncredited)
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Daurice Cummings | ... |
Courtroom Observer (uncredited)
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Richard Diggs | ... |
Funeral Director (uncredited)
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James Edmonson | ... |
Judge (uncredited)
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Geoff Falk | ... |
Mourner (uncredited)
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Jan Falk | ... |
Mourner (uncredited)
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Debby Gaudet | ... |
Funeral Guest (uncredited)
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Geraldine Glenn | ... |
Court Stenographer (uncredited)
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Derrick Guidry | ... |
Cameraman (uncredited)
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Emily D. Haley | ... |
Best Friend (uncredited)
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Mary Hill | ... |
Background actress (uncredited)
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Rose Lamarche | ... |
Courtroom (uncredited)
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Cynthia LeBlanc | ... |
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
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Elton LeBlanc | ... |
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
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Kevin Lorio | ... |
Photographer / Prison Guard (uncredited)
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Henry Pelitire | ... |
Crime Scene Detective (uncredited)
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Ellie Perez | ... |
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
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Maureen Phelan | ... |
Courtroom Observer (uncredited)
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Mark Rayner | ... |
Press photographer and forensic field technician (uncredited)
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Ross Rouillier | ... |
Roller Blader (uncredited)
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Ali Ryan | ... |
Christina / Todd's Girlfriend (uncredited)
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Robert Segari | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Gary Michael Smith | ... |
Wedding Party Guest (uncredited)
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M. Jearl Vinot | ... |
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
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James Walsh | ... |
Juror (uncredited)
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Lynette Zumo | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Directed by
Tom McLoughlin |
Written by
Donald Martin | ... | (written by) |
Aphrodite Jones | ... | (based on the book "A Perfect Husband") |
Produced by
Judy Cairo | ... | producer |
Aphrodite Jones | ... | co-producer |
Suzanne Lauer-Maltby | ... | associate producer (as Suzanne Lauer) |
Judith A. Polone | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Joseph LoDuca |
Cinematography by
Lloyd Ahern II | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Marshall Harvey |
Editorial Department
Scott Bradbury | ... | on-line editor |
Jeff Ervin | ... | assistant editor |
Casting By
Amy Staub |
Production Design by
William Arnold | ... | (as Bill Arnold) |
Set Decoration by
David Smith |
Costume Design by
Beverly Safier |
Makeup Department
Darryl Lucas | ... | additional makeup |
Aimee Stuit | ... | key makeup artist |
Production Management
Edith Dupré LeBlanc | ... | production supervisor |
John V. Stuckmeyer | ... | unit production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Roque | ... | second assistant director |
Ann C. Salzer | ... | first assistant director |
Paul Uddo | ... | second second assistant director |
Art Department
Daniel Coulthard | ... | set dresser |
Jaime Fernandez | ... | on-set dresser |
George W. Harding III | ... | first assistant props (as George Harding III) |
Michael Hendrick | ... | leadman |
Twig Leveque | ... | graphic designer |
Brian Mccolgan | ... | set dresser |
Noel Rideout | ... | second assistant props |
Brent Stewart | ... | carpenter |
Richard Waldrop | ... | property master |
Frank Zito | ... | visual consultant |
Sound Department
Jimmy 'Coach' Armstrong | ... | boom operator |
Larry Benjamin | ... | re-recording mixer |
Bob Costanza | ... | sound effects editor |
Paul Drenning | ... | adr mixer |
G. Michael Graham | ... | supervising sound editor |
Jamey Osborne | ... | sound utility |
Richard Schexnayder | ... | sound mixer |
Kevin Valentine | ... | re-recording mixer |
Roy Machado | ... | adr mixer (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
David K. Nami | ... | special effects coordinator |
David Nash | ... | special effects technician |
Stunts
Jeff Galpin | ... | stunt coordinator |
Danny Cosmo | ... | assistant stunt coordinator (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Autumn Boh | ... | camera utility |
Chip Carey | ... | lamp operator |
Michael Charbonnet | ... | first assistant camera |
Ferdinand Duplantier Jr. | ... | rigging gaffer |
Sean Michael Finnegan | ... | gaffer (as Sean Finnegan) |
Robert Foster | ... | camera operator |
Andre Green | ... | rigging electrician |
Derek Grover | ... | digital imaging technician |
Michael D. Kennedy | ... | set lighting technician |
Joseph Paolucci Jr. | ... | rigging electrician |
Declan Ryan | ... | electrician |
Kennith G. Smith | ... | dolly grip: "a" camera |
Daniel Tkaczyk | ... | lighting technician |
Calvin Ursin Jr. | ... | dolly grip |
Jeremy Webre | ... | grip |
Scott Zuchowski | ... | best boy electric |
Casting Department
Elizabeth Coulon | ... | extras casting |
Dylan Jury | ... | casting assistant |
Shannon Kaiser | ... | casting associate |
Charlotte N. Laihonen | ... | extras casting assistant |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lance Hamilton | ... | wardrobe supervisor |
Jose-Armando Pompa | ... | set costumer |
Candace Rice | ... | set costumer |
Location Management
Sherman Shelton Jr. | ... | location assistant |
Music Department
Scott Davidson | ... | music engineer |
Jason Ruder | ... | music editor |
Russell Scott Ziecker | ... | music supervisor |
Transportation Department
Virgil Bienemy | ... | driver |
Taylor Cromartie | ... | driver |
Buddy Pine | ... | driver: honeywagon |
Terence Rosemore | ... | driver: cast |
Charlie Wright | ... | transportation captain |
Christy Zeller | ... | transportation office coordinator |
Additional Crew
Chris Browne | ... | key craft service |
Ariane Chatman | ... | payroll |
Benton Collinsworth | ... | production assistant |
Arvid Cristina | ... | assistant production coordinator |
Crystal Dallas | ... | chef assistant |
Brian Evans | ... | first assistant accountant |
Ira Friedlander | ... | production accountant |
Ruth Kesler | ... | production coordinator |
Jeremy Kirkland | ... | production assistant |
Mike Leonard | ... | production assistant |
Elizabeth Lynch | ... | photo double / stand-in |
Amanda Mason | ... | assistant to executive |
Scott Morrison | ... | production assistant |
Christopher D. Mouhot | ... | production assistant |
Anne Palermo | ... | stand-in |
Shannon Parker | ... | basecamp p.a. |
Adam Ryan | ... | key set medic |
M. Jearl Vinot | ... | stand-in |
Charles Kirkwood | ... | post accountant (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Lifetime Television (2007) (United States) (tv)
- Moviemax Family (2010) (Turkey) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment (dollies)
- Coulon Casting (extras casting)
- Visual Icon (exclusive clip and still licensing)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
When Michael Iver Peterson, a successful novelist and aspiring politician in Durham, North Carolina, finds his wife Kathleen's body on the staircase, bloody but still breathing, he calls 911 in panic. His son Todd confirms his parents were in true love, would never harm each-other. However the police, notably Detective Joe Castel, and D. A. Jim Hardin, holding a grudge for a column the author once wrote against the incompetent force, disbelieve their postulation she fell from the stairs, notably because her blood was found very high. Adoring step-daughter Caitlin, who privately shows suspicious pleasure in the jewelry inheritance and is named executor of Kathleen's estate, was all night at her Cornell sorority. The female coroner excludes her trainee's preliminary theory of a fall, bluntly stating multiple blows and at least two hours painful death-struggle. Wine - and blood traces suggest Michael may have staged her having drunk too much wine and tried to wipe her blood. The family is banned from the house, all his research etc. confiscated. After star lawyer David Rudolf accepts his defense, and gets prizewinner Erica's TV crew to include his case in its critical story on the U.S. justice system, the press recalls he probably lost the mayoral election because his claim to have been awarded two Purple Hearts was refuted by the military. Michael must admit he is a bisexual who picked up men at the gym. Caitlin moves in with Kathleen's sister Candace, who claims she would never have allowed that, while the rest of the family sides with dad who claims Kathleen knew and understood; when he passes on bills for funerary arrangements Caitlin made behind his back, she bitches Kathleen never actually signed her $1,4 million life insurance. Michael's lawyer also investigates the death of his other adoptive daughters' mother Elisabeth Ratliff, wife of an army mate of his in Germany (while he was married to Patty, who still loves him as father of her children), also fallen from a staircase, both she had a blood disease; after an autopsy, Michael is charged with a second murder and put on trial. The defense does a great job concerning forensics, especially the lack of a murder weapon and of any markings on the alleged one (a blow pipe for the fire place), and credibility of hostile witnesses... Written by KGF Vissers |
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