Against tremendous odds, Charley must find a way to prove to the jury that Angel might be innocent and to create in their minds a small but crucial.
As the courtroom tension escalates, Charley discovers he is as much on trial as his client.ĭriven by a desperate need to redeem himself, Charley descends into a shadowy world of murder and money, illusion and deceit. The movie aired in the United States on December 3, 1995.Ĭharley Sloan (Brian Dennehy), a once-spectacular attorney and now recovering alcoholic is swept into the public spotlight when Robin Harwell (Bonnie Bedelia), a woman he once loved, hires him to defend her stepdaughter Angel Harwell (Fairuza Balk), who stands accused of murdering her millionaire father.ĭespite mounting accusations that question his competence, and despite frenzied opposition by a politically ambitious prosecutor, Charley is reluctantly drawn into defending Angel in a high-profile trial that quickly becomes a media circus. Shadow of a Doubt is a 1995 American TV movie that was written and directed by its star Brian Dennehy. It was the TV debut of Don Crosby.American TV series or program Shadow of a Doubt They also have to learn to cut down on gestures, to get their meaning across in the space encompassed by theĭesmonde Downing, one of the leading theatre designers at the time, did the sets. They don't want to hear his emotions shouted at them they want to see and hear at normal pitch. Televiewers in their own living rooms won't accept this convention at all. Theatre audiences accept without question the convention that allows an actor to say 'I love you,' projecting his voice so that it is heard in the back row of the gods.
TV actors have to forget all the traditions of the stage. ABC's head of drama Neil Hutchinson told the press: Don Crosby as the scientist, Dr Arthur Ross.
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