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Happy Face Murders (1999)
An eccentric older woman implicates her brutal & controlling lover in the murder of a young girl. Absorbed with "Murder She Wrote" and "Matlock", she creates details of the murder from clues she picks up from the detectives on the case. Implicating herself and sentenced to jail, she then recants her testimony. But no one believes her until clues surface from the real killer that he is still out there, has killed before, and will kill again. He signs his messages with Happy Faces.
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An eccentric older woman implicates her brutal & controlling lover in the murder of a young girl. Absorbed with "Murder She Wrote" and "Matlock", she creates details of the murder from clues she picks up from the detectives on the case. Implicating herself and sentenced to jail, she then recants her testimony. But no one believes her until clues surface from the real killer that he is still out there, has killed before, and will kill again. He signs his messages with Happy Faces.
Rating:R
Genre:Thriller, Crime, Drama, TV Movie
Written By:John Pielmeier
In Theaters:9/5/1999
Box Office:
Runtime:98 minutes
Studio:Paramount Pictures, Cosgrove/Meurer Productions, Showtime Networks
Cast
Brian Trenchard-Smith
Director
Ann-Margret
Lorraine Petrovich
Marg Helgenberger
Jen Powell
Henry Thomas
Dylan McCarthy
Nicholas Campbell
Rusty Zuvic
Rick Peters
Billy Lee Peterson
David McIlwraith
Alan Sanford
Bruce Gray
Ephraim Quince
J.C. MacKenzie
Ed Baker
Emily Hampshire
Tracy Billings
Anthony J. Mifsud
Gary Martin
Christina Collins
Nancy Severn
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