Witness to the Execution
Witness to the Execution | |
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Genre | Crime Drama |
Written by | Keith Pierce Priscilla Prestwidge Thomas Baum |
Directed by | Tommy Lee Wallace |
Starring | Sean Young Tim Daly |
Music by | Mark Snow |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Frederick S. Pierce Keith Pierce Richard Pierson |
Producer | Casey Lee Justice |
Production location | Houston |
Cinematography | Richard Leiterman |
Editor | Patrick Kennedy |
Running time | 96 minutes |
Production company | Frederick S. Pierce Company |
Distributor | NBC |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Picture format | Color |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | February 13, 1994 |
Witness to the Execution is a 1994 American made-for-television drama film directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and starring Tim Daly and Sean Young. Its plot concerns a fictional television network's desire to carry the live execution of a condemned killer as a pay-per-view event. It also portrays the events surrounding the attempt to create a television show about the execution.[1]
Cast[]
- Sean Young as Jessica Traynor
- Tim Daly as Dennis Casterline
- Len Cariou as Jake Tyler
- George Newbern as Phillip Tyler
- Dee Wallace as Emily Dawson
- Alan Fudge as Wallace Sternberg
- Brian Markinson as Kirby Jacobs
- Marina Palmier as Cynthia Moore
- Constance Jones as Lucy
- Alex Morris as Ramos
- Lourdes Regala as Dornbush
- Brandon Smith as Toyoshima
- Blue Deckert as Lt. Mike Spalding
- James Black as the Chaplain
References[]
- ^ Ray Loynd (February 10, 1994). "Review: 'NBC Sunday Night at the Movies Witness to the Execution'". Variety. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1994 drama films
- 1994 films
- 1994 television films
- American drama films
- American films
- English-language films
- Films about capital punishment
- Films about television
- Films directed by Tommy Lee Wallace
- Films scored by Mark Snow
- Films set in 1999
- Films set in the future
- NBC network original films
- American television film stubs