The Courtyard

{{Short description|1995 made-for-television thriller film}}

{{about|the 1995 thriller film|the comic book|Alan Moore's The Courtyard}}

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The Courtyard is a 1995 made-for-television thriller film that premiered on the Showtime network. Directed by Fred Walton, the movies uses a screenplay by Wendy Biller and Christopher Hawthorne. The work centers around a yuppie architect who suspects his neighbor is a murderer.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gKUqAAAAYAAJ&q=The+Courtyard+Andrew+McCarthy+1995|title=Creature Features: The Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Movie Guide|page=101|author=John Stanley|year=2000|publisher=Berkley Berkley Boulevard Books|isbn=978-0-425-17517-0 }} The film stars Andrew McCarthy as Jonathan, Mädchen Amick as Lauren, Cheech Marin as Angel Steiner, David Packer as Jack Morgan, Bonnie Bartlett as Cathleen Fitzgerald, and Vincent Schiavelli as Ivan.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CUMOAQAAMAAJ&q=The+Courtyard+Andrew+McCarthy+1995|title=Movies Made for Television, 1964-2004: 1990-1999|author=Alvin H. Marill |publisher=University of Michigan Press|year=2005|page=96|isbn=978-0-8108-5174-0 }} Judith Dolan designed costumes for the production.{{cite book |author=Mira Felner, Claudia Orenstein |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aoQHAQAAMAAJ |title=The World of Theatre: Tradition and Innovation |publisher=Allyn & Bacon |year=2006 |isbn=9780205360635 |pages=330–331}}