CinemaOSMovie · 1999 · 1h 38m · R

Happy Face Murders

They were searching for a killer. She was searching for a way out.

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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.

Directed byBrian Trenchard-Smith

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 38m
Language
EN
Released
September 5, 1999
Studios
Paramount PicturesCosgrove/Meurer ProductionsShowtime Networks

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Ann-Margret

Ann-Margret

Lorraine Petrovich

Marg Helgenberger

Marg Helgenberger

Jen Powell

Henry Thomas

Henry Thomas

Dylan McCarthy

Nicholas Campbell

Nicholas Campbell

Rusty Zuvic

Rick Peters

Rick Peters

Billy Lee Peterson

David McIlwraith

Alan Sanford

Bruce Gray

Bruce Gray

Ephraim Quince

J.C. MacKenzie

J.C. MacKenzie

Ed Baker

Emily Hampshire

Emily Hampshire

Tracy Billings

Anthony J. Mifsud

Anthony J. Mifsud

Gary Martin

Creative team
Directed by
Brian Trenchard-Smith
Brian Trenchard-Smith
Written by
John Pielmeier
Produced by
Diane Jeanné
Ned Welsh

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