Shadow of a Doubt (1995 film)

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Shadow of a Doubt
GenreCrime
Drama
Written byWilliam J. Coughlin (novel)
Brian Dennehy (teleplay)
(teleplay)
Directed byBrian Dennehy
StarringBrian Dennehy
Bonnie Bedelia
Fairuza Balk
Theme music composerJane Ira Bloom
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
Brian Dennehy

ProducersRichard Brams
Billy Higgins (consulting producer)
(associate producer)
Production locationBritish Columbia
Cinematography
Editor
Running time92 min.
Production companiesHallmark Entertainment

DistributorNBC
Release
Original networkNBC
Picture formatColor
Audio formatStereo
Original releaseDecember 3, 1995 (1995-12-03)

Shadow of a Doubt is a 1995 American TV movie that was written and directed by its star Brian Dennehy. It was based on a novel by William J. Coughlin. The movie aired in the United States on December 3, 1995.

Plot[]

Charley Sloan (Brian Dennehy), a once-spectacular attorney and now recovering alcoholic is swept into the public spotlight when Robin Harwell (Bonnie Bedelia), a woman he once loved, hires him to defend her stepdaughter Angel Harwell (Fairuza Balk), who stands accused of murdering her millionaire father.

Despite mounting accusations that question his competence, and despite frenzied opposition by a politically ambitious prosecutor, Charley is reluctantly drawn into defending Angel in a high-profile trial that quickly becomes a media circus. As the courtroom tension escalates, Charley discovers he is as much on trial as his client.

Driven by a desperate need to redeem himself, Charley descends into a shadowy world of murder and money, illusion and deceit. Against tremendous odds, Charley must find a way to prove to the jury that Angel might be innocent and to create in their minds a small but crucial ... ‘shadow of a doubt’.

Cast[]

Reception[]

Andy Webb of The Movie Scene awarded the film 3 out of 5 stars, saying that Shadow of a Doubt "ends up entertaining but in a bit of a bad movie way due to the over the top performances and a variety of forced scenes." Nevertheless, he recommended it to fans of Brian Dennehy.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Webb, Andy. "Shadow of a Doubt (1995)". The Movie Scene. Retrieved 31 January 2015.

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