Deep Family Secrets#Cast
{{Short description|1997 film by Arthur Allan Seidelman}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
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| genre = Drama
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| teleplay = Nevin Schreiner
David Madsen{{cite book |title=Film Writers Directory |year=2000 |publisher=Lone Eagle |isbn=1-58065-018-X |page=333 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UfBZAAAAMAAJ&q=deep+family+secrets}}
Dena Kleiman
| story = Dena Kleiman
Nevin Schreiner
| director = Arthur Allan Seidelman
| starring = Richard Crenna
Angie Dickinson
Molly Gross
Christie Lynn Smith
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| theme_music_composer = Chris Boardman
| country = United States
| language = English
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| executive_producer = Dick Clark
Neil Sterans
| producer = Ira Marvin
| editor = Lance Anderson
Toni Morgan
| cinematography = Hanania Baer
| runtime = 96 minutes
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| network = CBS
| released = {{Start date|1997|04|15}}
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Deep Family Secrets is a 1997 American drama television film directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman,{{cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=Jerry |title=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors |year=2009 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6378-1 |page=553 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kW8j6sHvrewC&pg=PA533}} that first aired on April 15, 1997 on the CBS television network.
The film is based on the true story of Gaylynn Earl Morris, who was convicted in 1992 of the murder of his wife, Ruby Morris, after Ruby disappeared in 1989.{{cite web |title='Deep Family Secrets' true story of Ruby Morris-Gaylynn Earl Morris |url=https://article.wn.com/view/2013/10/15/Deep_Family_Secrets_true_story_of_Ruby_MorrisGaylynn_Earl_Mo/ |website=WN.com |date=October 15, 2013 |access-date=July 27, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Fitzpatrick |first1=Tom |title=RUBY MORRIS' BIZARRE LAST RIDE |url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/ruby-morris-bizarre-last-ride-6430544 |website=Phoenix New Times |date=February 26, 1992 |access-date=July 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704060040/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/ruby-morris-bizarre-last-ride-6430544 |archive-date=July 4, 2018 |url-status=live}} The names were changed to Clay and Renee Chadway in the television movie.
Plot
Renee has just surprised her husband, Clay, with her younger sister, Ellen, while they are at a restaurant. This impromptu meeting persuades her that her husband is cheating on her. Devastated, Renee returns home, hesitating to talk to her husband. Soon after, Renee disappears, mysteriously.
JoAnne, the couple's young daughter, does not know what to think of all these events and does not take long to bring back stories that had until then been carefully kept secret. Clay soon appears as the prime suspect in Renee's disappearance. Was she kidnapped or is it a murder?
Cast
- Richard Crenna as Clay Chadway
- Angie Dickinson as Renee Chadway
- Molly Gross as JoAnne Chadway
- Craig Wasson as Jack Winters
- Meg Foster as Ellen
- Jeff Kaiser as Bobby Chadway
- Scott Paetty as Sam
- Christie Lynn Smith as Lisa Chadway
- Tony Musante as Lennox
- Christine Healy as Hadley Brood
- Christopher Titus as Cowboy #1
Production
It was first announced in December 1992, under the title Dark Family Secrets: The Dawna Kay Wells Story. For unknown reasons, production did not begin until nearly five years later.{{Cite web |last=Lowry |first=Brian |date=1992-12-18 |title=Telepix, pilots give new spin to Dick Clark Prods. |url=https://variety.com/1992/tv/news/telepix-pilots-give-new-spin-to-dick-clark-prods-102191/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} Shooting for the film would occur between February and March 1997 in Los Angeles, California.{{Cite web |title=Deep Family Secrets |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/463577/deep-family-secrets |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}} Lead actress Molly Gross had recently made her film debut in the independent picture Slaves to the Underground, which premiered at the 1997 edition of the Sundance Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/sights-sounds-1117433644/|title=Sights & sounds|author=Variety Staff|date=1997}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0118955}}
{{Arthur Allan Seidelman}}
Category:1997 television films
Category:Crime drama films based on actual events
Category:English-language crime drama films
Category:Films directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman
Category:American drama television films