Deep Family Secrets

*Deep Family Secrets*
Deep Family Secrets
Genre	Drama
Screenplay by	Nevin Schreiner (teleplay); David Madsen (teleplay); Dena Kleiman (teleplay)
Story by	Dena Kleiman; Nevin Schreiner
Directed by	Arthur Allan Seidelman
Starring	Richard Crenna; Angie Dickinson; Molly Gross; Christie Lynn Smith
Theme music composer	Chris Boardman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Dick Clark (executive producer); Ira Marvin (producer); Neil Stearns (executive producer)
Cinematography	Hanania Baer
Editors	Lance Anderson; Toni Morgan
Running time	96 minutes
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	April 15, 1997;

Deep Family Secrets is a 1997 American drama television film directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman,^[2] that first aired on April 15, 1997 on the CBS television network.

The film is based on the true story of Gaylynn Morris, who was found guilty for the murder of his wife Ruby Morris, after Ruby disappeared in 1989.^[3]^[4] The names were changed to Clay and Renee Chadway in the television movie.^[3]

Plot[]

Renee has just surprised her husband, Clay, with her younger sister, Ellen, while they are at a restaurant. This impromptu meeting persuades her that her husband is cheating on her. Devastated, Renee returns home, hesitating to talk to her husband. Soon after, Renee disappears, mysteriously.

JoAnne, the couple's young daughter, does not know what to think of all these events and does not take long to bring back stories that had until then been carefully kept secret. Clay soon appears as the prime suspect in Renee's disappearance. Was she kidnapped or is it a murder?

Cast[]

Richard Crenna as Clay Chadway
Angie Dickinson as Renee Chadway
Molly Gross as JoAnne Chadway
Craig Wasson as Jack Winters
Meg Foster as Ellen
Jeff Kaiser as Bobby Chadway
Scott Paetty as Sam
Christie Lynn Smith as Lisa Chadway
Tony Musante as Lennox
Christine Healy as Hadley Brood
Christopher Titus as Cowboy #1

References[]

^ Film Writers Directory. Lone Eagle. 2000. p. 333. ISBN 1-58065-018-X.
^ Roberts, Jerry (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. p. 553. ISBN 978-0-8108-6378-1.
^ ^a ^b "'Deep Family Secrets' true story of Ruby Morris-Gaylynn Earl Morris". WN.com. October 15, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
^ Fitzpatrick, Tom (February 26, 1992). "RUBY MORRIS' BIZARRE LAST RIDE". Phoenix New Times. Archived from the original on July 4, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2020.

External links[]

Deep Family Secrets at IMDb

[1] Film Writers Directory. Lone Eagle. 2000. p. 333. ISBN 1-58065-018-X.

[2] Roberts, Jerry (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. p. 553. ISBN 978-0-8108-6378-1.

[WN-3] "'Deep Family Secrets' true story of Ruby Morris-Gaylynn Earl Morris". WN.com. October 15, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2020.

[4] Fitzpatrick, Tom (February 26, 1992). "RUBY MORRIS' BIZARRE LAST RIDE". Phoenix New Times. Archived from the original on July 4, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2020.

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