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Doute cruel

Original title: Cruel Doubt
  • TV Mini Series
  • 1992
  • 3h 7m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
434
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Doute cruel (1992)
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A college student and two friends are accused of murdering one's stepfather and injuring his mother whom refuses to believe her son had anything to do with the attack.A college student and two friends are accused of murdering one's stepfather and injuring his mother whom refuses to believe her son had anything to do with the attack.A college student and two friends are accused of murdering one's stepfather and injuring his mother whom refuses to believe her son had anything to do with the attack.

  • Stars
    • Blythe Danner
    • Matt McGrath
    • Denis Arndt
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
    434
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    • Stars
      • Blythe Danner
      • Matt McGrath
      • Denis Arndt
    • 19User reviews
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  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Blythe Danner
    Blythe Danner
    • Bonnie Von Stein
    • 1992
    Matt McGrath
    Matt McGrath
    • Chris Pritchard
    • 1992
    Denis Arndt
    Denis Arndt
    • Leith Von Stein
    • 1992
    Adam Baldwin
    Adam Baldwin
    • Det. John Taylor
    • 1992
    R.D. Call
    • District Attorney Mitchell Norton
    • 1992
    Dennis Farina
    Dennis Farina
    • Tom Brereton
    • 1992
    Miguel Ferrer
    Miguel Ferrer
    • Lewis Young
    • 1992
    Travis Fine
    Travis Fine
    • James 'Moog' Upchurch
    • 1992
    William Forsythe
    William Forsythe
    • Police Chief John Crone
    • 1992
    Louise Latham
    Louise Latham
    • Polly Bates
    • 1992
    Ben Masters
    Ben Masters
    • Frank Johnston
    • 1992
    Neal McDonough
    Neal McDonough
    • Neal Henderson
    • 1992
    John C. McGinley
    John C. McGinley
    • Attorney Jim Vos Burgh
    • 1992
    Jim Norton
    Jim Norton
    • Dr. Billy Royal
    • 1992
    Gwyneth Paltrow
    Gwyneth Paltrow
    • Angela Pritchard
    • 1992
    G.D. Spradlin
    G.D. Spradlin
    • George Bates
    • 1992
    Kenneth Welsh
    Kenneth Welsh
    • Attorney Wade Smith
    • 1992
    Edward Asner
    Edward Asner
    • Bill Osteen
    • 1992
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    lateforthesky

    Bad movie, interesting story

    ddwriter from Texas said: This movie could have told a better story if it had told the truth....

    And he's so right. I live in the town where the murders took place, not two miles from my house. Friends lived across the street from the VonStein's and my husband worked with Leith. The story was intriguing, sad and would have made a REALLY good movie if they'd just followed along with what actually happened.

    Too bad it was embellished to the point of ridiculousness.
    ekaye-2

    A cruel four hours

    I should have just rented the long version of "Dune".
    ddwriter

    One more attempt to "link" Dungeons & Dragons to an infamous crime.

    This is one mini series that follows the book very closely. The problem is that they are both full of stuff and nonsense. In his book "Cruel Doubt" Joe Mcginnis invents a connection between the D&D training scenario "Your First Game" and the murder of Leith Von Stein. The training game was, according to Mcginnis, used a blueprint for murder. He even uses a synopsis of the training game and compares it item by item to the crime. The problem is that it is all made up. The training game has only one point in common with his description of it, the name of a single character. The mini series takes this even further by fabricating photographic evidence. The mini series displays a photograph that is supposed to resemble the murderer in the act and represents it as being a page from the AD&D PLAYERS HANDBOOK. The picture does not exist in that book at all. Mcginnis says in a foreward that he took up the commission to write the book in part to help Bonnie Von Stein get some answers to the troubling events surrounding the attack on her and Leith that left her husband dead and her seriously wounded. Any careful study of the D&D materials and the claims made in this book and movie will demonstrate that the "connection" between D&D and this crime was limited to the simple fact that the conspirators met at college because they had a common interest in the AD&D game and nothing more. Simple greed was the motive for this horrendous crime. Whatever doubts Bonnie Von Stein has cruel or otherwise must remain. This movie could have told a better story if it had told the truth. As pure fiction "Cruel Doubt" has some merit. It can be moderately entertaining if taken with a generous helping of salt.
    sheezhank2-1

    Chilling True Story w/Exceptional Cast

    I've seen this movie half a dozen times on Lifetime--I can't help it. The acting is really superb. Matt McGrath, whom I don't believe I've seen elsewhere (but whose IMDb listing is substantial) gives a chilling performance of a messed up kid who aspires to be nothing more. Blythe Danner is fantastic as mother and victim Bonnie von Stein. And she elevates any project she's in. Terrific performance. Daughter Gwyneth Paltrow was good, too, I thought, although others may not agree (see earlier post). I also enjoy seeing Dennis Farina--he's awesome and perfectly cast as a tough FBI trained investigator turned PI. Other great performances by Miguel Ferrer and Ed Asner. I think this movie is terrific and I'll watch anything and everything with a body count. I'd have to give it somewhere between 8 or 9 stars out of 10.
    Enrique-Sanchez-56

    Do Not Take This Story Lightly

    Dungeons and Dragons is not a game to be taken lightly. Apparently some would feel that this movie is a joke. The mind is not a simple thing. Anyone who decries the possibility that this story is fact is fooling themselves.

    Witness: fellow reviewers seem to believe that games that men concoct can never go too far. What they do or do not believe does not influence the truth.

    Drugs certainly had a significant influence on the events. But the game certainly made it a little more feasible to those involved.

    There are many more things out there than we will ever find out.

    The acting was all very well done. McGrath and Danner helped to bring the emotions in this story to life. Asner and Ferrer also contributed interesting dimensions to the characters.

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      The perpetrators are supposed to be fanatical Dungeons & Dragons players, yet their books and dice are like new rather than worn with play - and the dice set one character plays with is incomplete.
    • Connections
      Featured in The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992)

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    • Release date
      • May 17, 1992 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Cruel Doubt
    • Production companies
      • NBC Productions
      • Susan Baerwald Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 3h 7m(187 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
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    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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