Justice for Annie: A Moment of Truth Movie
1996 American TV series or program
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Justice for Annie: A Moment of Truth Movie is a 1996 American-Canadian made-for-television drama film directed by Noel Nosseck. The film, based on actual events, is a part of the Moment of Truth franchise and was also made as Death Benefit (1996). Filming took place in Toronto.[1]
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Danica McKellar
| Justice for Annie: A Moment of Truth Movie | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama Thriller |
| Written by | Joyce Heft Brotman |
| Directed by | Noel Nosseck |
| Starring | Peggy Lipton Danica McKellar |
| Music by | Stacy Widelitz |
| Countries of origin | United States Canada |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Lawrence Horowitz Michael O'Hara |
| Producer | Tracey Jeffrey |
| Production location | British Columbia |
| Cinematography | Richard Leiterman |
| Editor | Ron Spang |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production companies | Libra Pictures O'Hara-Horowitz Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | January 15, 1996 |
Plot
Carol Mills (Peggy Lipton) is a mother who has a troubled relationship with her 19-year-old daughter Annie (Danica McKellar). Unable to live with her any longer, Annie moves out and marries her boyfriend Ken Carman (Martin Cummins). It soon turns out their marriage is a failure, and she decides to move in with another family, George and Helen Preston (Terry David Mulligan, Susan Ruttan). Not much later, Carol receives a message, informing her that her daughter accidentally died. Crushed, she learns at the funeral that Annie had a life insurance policy worth $100,000, with Helen as beneficiary. She suspects that Annie was murdered for the money and attempts to collect evidence to prove it, with the help of a detective (Bruce Weitz).
The film was based on the case of Deana Hubbard Wild, who was pushed to her death from a cliff near Monterey, California. Wild's boyfriend's mother was convicted of her murder in 1992.[2] His father was also charged, but died before the case was brought to trial.[3]
Cast
- Peggy Lipton as Carol Mills
- Danica McKellar as Annie Mills Carman
- Terry David Mulligan as George Preston
- Gwynyth Walsh as Lydia Sawyer
- Teryl Rothery as Laura Kane
- Lochlyn Munro as Mickey Holloway
- Martin Cummins as Ken Carman
- Bruce Weitz as Detective McAdams
- Susan Ruttan as Helen Preston
