Voice from the Grave, also known as From the Files of Unsolved Mysteries: Voice from the Grave and Crimes of Passion: Voice from the Grave, is a 1996 television film based on a real-life case from the Unsolved Mysteries television series. The film was written by Bill Phillips and directed by David Jackson.[1]
Voice from the Grave | |
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Based on | Unsolved Mysteries |
Written by | Bill Phillips Edithe Swensen |
Directed by | David Jackson |
Starring | Kevin Dobson Megan Ward John Terlesky Michael Riley Kim Dickens |
Music by | Peter Bernstein |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Richard L. O'Connor John Cosgrove Terry Dunn Meurer Shari Adagio Stephen Soyland |
Cinematography | Denis Maloney |
Editor | Adam Wolfe |
Running time | 86 minutes |
Production company | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
Original release | |
Release | April 22, 1996 |
Premise
editA segment from the Unsolved Mysteries TV series, the February 1977 murder of 47-year-old respiratory therapist Teresita Basa in Chicago, Illinois, inspired this story, in which a nurse (Megan Ward) claims that she is possessed by a murdered co-worker's spirit which identifies the killer.[2]
Cast
edit- Kevin Dobson as Detective Joe Stachula
- Megan Ward as Renee Perkins
- John Terlesky as Bill Perkins
- Michael Riley as Adam Schuster
- Kim Dickens as Terry Deveroux
- Robert Knepper as Milosh
- Kelli Williams as Yvonne Shuster
- John Carroll Lynch as Prosecutor O'Gane
- Michael Mantell as Attorney Smith
- Eric Menyuk as Nate Bradshaw
Releases
editThe television film originally aired on NBC on April 22, 1996, and was later released on Region 2 DVD.
References
edit- ^ Unsolved Mysteries: Voice from the Grave, Amazon.com; accessed October 1, 2014.
- ^ "Voice from the Grave (TV Movie 1996)". IMDb. March 20, 1996. Retrieved October 1, 2014.