Murder Story (1989)
His first novel could mean his last rites
Aspiring young novelist Tony Zonis (Alexis Denisof) wants to write the next great suspense thriller, so he decides to study the work of master crime writer, Willard Hope (Christopher Lee). Together, they pick through random newspaper stories, looking for the unusual event that will make a good thriller. What they find is murder. A government cover-up... an international scandal... and the bodies are just beginning to fall into place. Now Tony isn't just writing the next best-seller... he's writing his own obituary.
- Date of release
- 1989-09-24
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Director
- Markus Innocenti, Edward Arno
Casting
- Christopher Lee — Willard Hope
- Alexis Denisof — Tony Zonis
- Bruce Boa — Corrigan
- Stacia Burton — Marty
- Kieron Jecchinis — Eric
- Jeff Harding — Larry DeLeo
- Garrick Hagon — Ben Zonis
- Marie Stillin — Judy Zonis
- Bill Bailey — Billy Van Wyck / Kielman
- William Jongeneel — Toe-Jam
- Pamela Teves — Mrs. Weber
- Michael Krass — Roach
Interesting facts
Murder Story is a 1958 Australian television play.
Production
Kennedy's play had been performed for British TV in 1958 as an episode of Armchair Theatre.
The show was filmed live at ABC's Sydney studios at Gore Hill.
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