Telling Secrets
American TV series or program
Telling Secrets | |
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Screenplay by | Jennifer Miller |
Directed by | Marvin J. Chomsky |
Starring | Cybill Shepherd |
Theme music composer | Mark Snow |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Jennifer Miller Dan Witt |
Cinematography | Isidore Mankofsky |
Editor | Anita Brandt Burgoyne |
Running time | 240 minutes |
Production companies | Patchett Kaufman Entertainment World International Network |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | January 17, 1993 (1993-01-17) |
Telling Secrets (a.k.a. Contract for Murder) is a 1993 American television film directed by Marvin J. Chomsky and starring Cybill Shepherd.[1]
It is based on the true story of Joy Aylor, who plots the murder of her adulterous husband's mistress.[2]
Cast
- Cybill Shepherd as Faith Kelsey
- Ken Olin as Det. Jay Jensen
- James McCaffrey as Jackson Merrick
- Christopher McDonald as Terry Kelsey
- Gary Grubbs as Det. Ron Taylor
- Andrew Robinson as Dr. Phillip Eckhart
- G.D. Spradlin as Walter Jefferson
- Dylan Walsh as Jesse Graham
- Melora Walters as Karen Blake
- Mary Kay Place as Shelley Jefferson Carp
- Anne Haney as Grace Jefferson
- Lynn Milgrim as Gloria Marsh
- Ann Risley as Sally DeVries
- Nick Young as Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
Reception
David Hiltbrand of People graded the film a B.[3]
References
- ^ Loynd, Ray (16 January 1993). "TV REVIEWS : For Cybill Shepherd, 'Telling Secrets' of a Femme Fatale". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ "True crime: The Lake Highlands mom and the hit man". lakehighlands.advocatemag.com. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ Hiltbrand, David (18 January 1993). "Picks and Pans Review: Telling Secrets". People. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
External links
- Telling Secrets at IMDb
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Films directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
- Assault on the Wayne (1971)
- Evel Knievel (1971)
- Mongo's Back in Town (1971)
- Fireball Forward (1972)
- Family Flight (1972)
- Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (1975)
- A Matter of Wife... and Death (1975)
- Murph the Surf (1975)
- Mackintosh and T.J. (1975)
- Brink's: The Great Robbery (1976)
- Victory at Entebbe (1976)
- Little Ladies of the Night (1977)
- Holocaust (1978)
- Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
- Attica (1980)
- My Body, My Child (1982)
- Inside the Third Reich (1982)
- I Was a Mail Order Bride (1982)
- Tank (1984)
- The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
- Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986)
- Billionaire Boys Club (1987)
- I'll Be Home for Christmas (1988)
- Brotherhood of the Rose (1989)
- Telling Secrets (1993)
- Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story (1993)
- Catherine the Great (1995)