A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1999
• Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
• Plot: Laura Penney accidentally fell in her apartment and died. Or perhaps she was pushed. Just a little. Either way, on-air film critic Terry Thorpe figures he's Suspect #1 because he was there. But maybe he's seen enough crime movies to bamboozle the cops.; ; Two-time Emmy Award winner William H. Macy plays Thorpe in this delicious caper based on a novel by bestselling writer Donald B. Westlake. With seat-of-the-pants desperation, Thorpe skims the hurdles of his perfect crime. Among the hurdles: a detective (Adam Arkin) eager to slip his screenplay to the critic. a girlfriend (Desperate Housewives' Felicity Huffman) with gnawing suspicions and a private investigator (James Cromwell) who puts the squeeze on for $35K. Thorpe should get every acting honor in the world if he pulls this off, or mabe he'll just get 30 to live.
• Cast: William H. Macy, Adam Arkin, Felicity Huffman, James Cromwell, Julia Campbell, James Pickens Jr., Paul Mazursky, Vincent Pastore, Michael McMurtry, Stephanie Belding, Vik Sahay, Wenna Shaw, Len Doncheff, Tanja Jacobs, Vito Rezza, Sandi Stahlbrand, Robin Ward, Raven Dauda, Marilo Nunez, Tricia Williams, Robbi Jay Thuet, Walter the Dog, Bob the Dog, Shawn Tanaka, Steven Schachter, Donald E. Westlake
• Director: Steven Schachter
• Runtime: 1:34
• Company: Turner Network Television (TNT)
• Media Format: Movie