Justice maternelle (TV Movie 1996)

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Peggy Lipton

Carol Mills

Danica McKellar

Annie Mills Carman

Terry David Mulligan

George Preston

Gwynyth Walsh

Lydia Sawyer

Teryl Rothery

Laura Kane

Lochlyn Munro

Mickey Holloway

Martin Cummins

Ken Carman

Mike Sims

Gabriel Nickels
(as Mike Simms)

Bruce Weitz

Detective McAdams

Susan Ruttan

Helen Preston

Aloka McLean

Jane Mills

Brenda Crichlow

Marianne

Richard Sali

Terry Powell

Garry Chalk

Detective Larson

Hagan Beggs

Thomas Eberhardt

Corrie Clark

Lisa

Deryl Hayes

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Justice of the Peace

Director
- Noel Nosseck
Writer
- Joyce Heft Brotman
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hawktwo

Also made as "Death Benefit" in 1997

I enjoyed both this movie and the 1997 one. I'm guessing the 1997 one is more of a documentary since the names of the lawyer and the evil mother are the same as in the book. The 1997 is 4 hours long on TV and focuses on the quest of the lawyer to find the truth. Carrie Snodgress plays the evil mother in Death Benefit. She is portrayed as a serial killer who not only has killed young girls for insurance, but has burned 5 homes for insurance, and killed her husband. Her sons are both in prison for murder. In the 1997 version, the daughter is barely seen beyond photographs taken right before the murder. This movie begins by explaining the troubled relationship between the mother and her murdered daughter.

Perfect_Storm

Liked it

I think Danica did a great job.the movie had all the talent needed to make a good movie.The actress that played George Preson's wife played that charactor to the tee.I would recommend this movie to anyone because of the talent alone was awesome.

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Trivia
There are photos of Deana Wild and Joe McGinnis on the rocky cliffs at Big Sur. One of the photos seems to show McGinnis in the process of throwing Wild off the cliff.

Goofs
The flashback of the incident at the start of the film is not the same as the scene of the incident when shown later in the film. In the flashback, Annie says: "It is absolutely gorgeous. And it cleared up!" In the later scene, Annie says "It is absolutely gorgeous," to which Helen (referring to the weather) says: "Looks like it's clearing up." This device may have been used to conceal the identities of Mr. and Mrs. Preston until the later scene, yet they can still be clearly seen several times throughout the flashback.