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A Dark Place

A Dark Place

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A Dark Place

2018

1h 29m

6.0(227 votes)

Thriller

Mystery

Overview

When a young boy turns up dead in a sleepy Pennsylvania town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and obsessive investigation to prove the boy was murdered.

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Zero Gravity Management

Bedlam Productions

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Andrew Scott

Andrew Scott

Donald Devlin

Bronagh Waugh

Bronagh Waugh

Donna Reutzel

Denise Gough

Denise Gough

Linda Connolly

Michael Rose

Michael Rose

Sheriff Benjamin Mooney

Sandra Ellis Lafferty

Sandra Ellis Lafferty

Betty Devlin

Christa Beth Campbell

Christa Beth Campbell

Wendy Connelly

Eric Mendenhall

Eric Mendenhall

Bill Frankel

Andrew Masset

Andrew Masset

Dr. Joel Pomorowski

Christian Finlayson

Christian Finlayson

Justin Zeigler

Kate Forbes

Kate Forbes

Patty Zeigler

Creative team

Directed by: Simon Fellows
Written by: Brendan Higgins
Produced by: Leon Clarance
Tai Duncan

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