Death Scream
1975 American made-for-television film
Death Scream is a 1975 American made-for-television crime drama film loosely based on an actual event concerning the real-life account of Kitty Genovese, "a young woman whose murder was witnessed by fifteen of her neighbors who did nothing to help and refused to cooperate with the police." It originally aired on ABC on September 26, 1975.
The film had the working title of Homicide, and its rerun title was The Woman Who Cried Murder.
01Premise
On March 13, 1964, Catherine "Kitty" Genovese was attacked and viciously stabbed several times by a psychopath while nearby residents watched but did nothing to help.
02Cast
- Raul Julia as Detective Nick Rodriguez
- John P. Ryan as Detective Dave Lambert
- Phillip Clark as Detective Johnny Bellon
- Lucie Arnaz as Judy
- Ed Asner as Peter Singleton
- Cloris Leachman as Mrs. Singleton
- Art Carney as Mr. Jacobs
- Diahann Carroll as Betty May
- Kate Jackson as Carol
- Tina Louise as Hilda Murray
- Nancy Walker as Mrs. Jacobs
- Eric Braeden as Kosinsky
- Thelma Houston as Lady Wing Ding
- Dimitra Arliss as Mrs. Kosinsky
- Bert Freed as Detective Ross
- Allyn Ann McLerie as Alice Whitmore
- Tony Dow as Joey
- Sally Kirkland as Mary
- Belinda Balaski as Jenny Storm
- Helen Hunt as Teila
- Joan Goodfellow as Mrs. Daniels
- Les Lannom as Mr. Daniels
Sources and credits
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- Death Scream.jpg by Unknown author, Fair use
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