The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer | |
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Written by | Steven Levy (book) Bruce Graham |
Directed by | William A. Graham |
Starring | Naomi Watts, Kevin Anderson, Tom Skerritt |
Music by | Chris Boardman |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Arnon Milchan, |
Cinematography | Ralf D. Bode |
Running time | 165 minutes |
Production companies | Dan Wigutow Productions Regency Television |
Distributor | NBC |
Release | |
Original release | May 9, 1999 - May 10, 1999 |
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer is a thriller/drama TV film that first aired on NBC in 1999 as a two-part miniseries.
It starred Kevin Anderson, Naomi Watts and Tom Skerritt. Anderson plays 1970s activist and purported Earth Day co-founder Ira Einhorn, who is charged with, and later convicted in absentia of, the murder of his girlfriend Holly Maddux (played by Watts). Skerritt plays Maddux's father, who tries to bring Einhorn to justice.
Cast[]
- Kevin Anderson as Ira Einhorn
- Tom Skerritt as Fred Maddux
- Naomi Watts as Holly Maddux
- as Meg Maddux
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Detective Newhouse
- Brian Kerwin as Saul Lapidus
- Josef Sommer as Corporate Man
- William G. Schilling as Robert Stevens
- Albert Schultz as Lucas Rothman
- Mimi Kuzyk as Barbra Bronfman
- Gregory Itzin as Arlen Specter
- Rosemary Murphy as Bea Einhorn
- as Police Lieutenant
- Martin Donovan as Richard DiBenedetto
- Wanda Cannon as Liz Maddux
- Kristin Booth as Buffy Maddux
- Angela Vint as Mary Maddux
- Kirby Morrow as John Maddux
- Rosemary Dunsmore as Holly's Counselor
- as Book Editor
- as Mitchell Snyder (as Philip Ayoub)
- as Judge's Secretary
- as Café Manager
- Robert Bockstael as Professor
- as Andrua Puharich
- as Denis Weaire
- as Joann DiBenedetto
- as Harry Jay Katz
- Susan Coyne as Sandra Rothman
- as Paul Herre
- as Uri Geller
- as Investigator #1
- as Mayor Frank Rizzo
- as Enquirer Reporter
- as Governor Tom Ridge
- Carolyn Dunn as Anika Flodin
- as Harvard Dean
- as Head D.A.
- as Judge Foley
- as Nina (as Nicole Hughes)
- as Social Worker
- as T.V. Reporter
- as Colette Weaire
- as FBI Supervisor
- as Co-Op Worker
- Michael Rhoades as Bernard Segal
- Elisabeth Rosen as Jean Marie
- as Morris Gelman
- Kim Schraner as Shelly
- Jacques Tourangeau as Dominique Tricaud
- as Dorm Roommate
- Robin Ward as Debate Moderator
- as Rita Siegel
- Kim Roberts as Jury Foreperson
- Kim Poirier as Affair Girl (scenes deleted) (uncredited)
External links[]
Categories:
- American films
- 1999 television films
- 1999 films
- Films shot in Toronto
- NBC network original films
- 1990s thriller drama films
- Films directed by William Graham (director)
- American thriller drama films
- American thriller television films
- American thriller television film stubs