Witness to the Execution

American TV series or program
Witness to the Execution
GenreCrime
Drama
Written byKeith Pierce
Priscilla Prestwidge
Thomas Baum
Directed byTommy Lee Wallace
StarringSean Young
Tim Daly
Music byMark Snow
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersFrederick S. Pierce
Keith Pierce
Richard Pierson
ProducerCasey Lee Justice
Production locationHouston
CinematographyRichard Leiterman
EditorPatrick Kennedy
Running time96 minutes
Production companyFrederick S. Pierce Company
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseFebruary 13, 1994 (1994-02-13)

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

  1. ^ Ray Loynd (February 10, 1994). "Review: 'NBC Sunday Night at the Movies Witness to the Execution'". Variety. Retrieved 9 June 2015.

External links

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