Thriller ·TV Movie · United States of America · 1991 · 1h 30m

Silent Motive

Director

Cast

Patricia Wettig as Laura Bardell Rick Springfield as Brad Ed Asner as Sam Mike Farrell as Detective Paul Trella David Packer as Brian / Cliff Sloan / Mark Gallaway Molly Parker as 2nd Female Questioner

Crew

Thomas Burstyn — Director of Photography John Duffy — Editor Dana Kaproff — Original Music Composer William P. Bekkala — Writer Mike Farrell — Producer Marvin Minoff — Producer

Tagline

She's a Hollywood screenwriter learning that sometimes... words kill.

Synopsis

Notorious for writing the most successful - and scandalous - scripts in Hollywood, hit screenwriter Laura Bardell suddenly finds herself implicated in a baffling series of film-industry killings. What's worse, the killer is using the same ingenious methods Laura herself employed in her latest movie about a real-life murder case. To her horror, Laura realizes her script is coming to life - and turning her fictional words into homicidal reality.

Key Collaborators

Lee Philips Director Thomas Burstyn Director of Photography John Duffy Editor Dana Kaproff Original Music Composer William P. Bekkala Writer Mike Farrell Producer Marvin Minoff Producer Michael Nemirsky Production Design

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