Voice from the Grave
| Voice from the Grave | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | David Jackson |
| Written by | Bill Phillips Edithe Swensen |
| Based on | Unsolved Mysteries |
| Produced by | Richard L. O'Connor John Cosgrove Terry Dunn Meurer Shari Adagio Stephen Soyland |
| Starring |
Kevin Dobson Megan Ward John Terlesky Michael Riley Kim Dickens |
| Cinematography | Denis Maloney |
| Edited by | Adam Wolfe |
| Music by | Peter Bernstein |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
Release date |
April 22, 1996 |
Running time |
86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Voice from the Grave, also known as From the Files of Unsolved Mysteries: Voice from the Grave and Crimes of Passion: Voice from the Grave, is a 1996 television film based on a real-life case from the Unsolved Mysteries television series. The film was written by Bill Phillips and directed by David Jackson.
Premise
A segment from the Unsolved Mysteries TV series, the February 1977 murder of 47-year-old respiratory therapist Teresita Basa in Chicago, Illinois, inspired this story, in which a nurse (Megan Ward) claims that she is possessed by a murdered co-worker's spirit which identifies the killer.
Cast
- Kevin Dobson as Detective Joe Stachula
- Megan Ward as Renee Perkins
- John Terlesky as Bill Perkins
- Michael Riley as Adam Schuster
- Kim Dickens as Terry Deveroux
- Robert Knepper as Milosh
- Kelli Williams as Yvonne Shuster
- John Carroll Lynch as Prosecutor O'Gane
- Michael Mantell as Attorney Smith
- Eric Menyuk as Nate Bradshaw
Releases
The television film originally aired on NBC on April 22, 1996, and was later released on Region 2 DVD.