Overview
A heart attack moves a Pulitzer winning journalist to leave NY for the peace of a small New England town, but he soon finds himself pulled into a case of a man accused of killing his gay lover with the blade of a shovel. Wanting to keep the case quiet, the town turns against the journalist and his family when he begins digging into its secrets, until finally the accused man is found hanging in his cell and the truth comes out about more than just the killing.
Cast
- Ron Silver as Peter Crane
- Christopher Plummer as Reverend Carlyle
- Dee Wallace as Heather Crane
- Kyle Howard as Zach Crane
- James Coburn as Frank Jove
- Arlene Golonka as Melanie Jove
- D. Paul Thomas as Sheriff Joe Carlton
- Paul Bartel as Mayor Harley Dunbar
- David Graf as Sam
- Patrick Thomas as Toby Carlyle (as Pat Thomas)