Skeletons

Skeletons

87 mins | Drama, Thriller, Horror, TV Movie | April 4, 1997

A heart attack moves a Pulitzer winning journalist to leave NY for the peace of a small New England town, but he soon finds himself pulled into a case of a man accused of killing his gay lover with the blade of a shovel. Wanting to keep the case quiet, the town turns against the journalist and his family when he begins digging into its secrets, until finally the accused man is found hanging in his cell and the truth comes out about more than just the killing.

Skeletons

87 mins | Drama, Thriller, Horror, TV Movie | April 4, 1997

Skeletons
A heart attack moves a Pulitzer winning journalist to leave NY for the peace of a small New England town, but he soon finds himself pulled into a case of a man accused of killing his gay lover with the blade of a shovel. Wanting to keep the case quiet, the town turns against the journalist and his family when he begins digging into its secrets, until finally the accused man is found hanging in his cell and the truth comes out about more than just the killing.
IMDb rating 5.2
Producers HBO, Hit Entertainment
Original title Skeletons
Directors Randi Feldman, David DeCoteau
Writers Joshua Michael Stern

Cast

Ron Silver

as Peter Crane

Christopher Plummer

as Reverend Carlyle

Dee Wallace

as Heather Crane

Kyle Howard

as Zach Crane

James Coburn

as Frank Jove

Arlene Golonka

as Melanie Jove

D. Paul Thomas

as Sheriff Joe Carlton

Paul Bartel

as Mayor Harley Dunbar

David Graf

as Sam

Patrick Thomas

as Toby Carlyle (as Pat Thomas)

Clive Rosengren

as Jacob MacIntire

Raymond O'Connor

as Mr. Muir

Kathleen Noone

as Sadie

Brigitta Dau

as Laura

Valerie Wildman

as Belinda Dunbar

George Buck Flower

as Jerry Grommer (as Buck Flower)

Jennifer Rhodes

as Mrs. Gallway

Dennis Christopher

as Jim Norton

Thomas Wilson Brown

as Chris Makon

Zale Morris

as McCabe

Wayne Duvall

as Irish Sergeant

Tasia Valenza

as Gloria Ramone

Anthony Buiso

as Manny Ramone (as Anthony Biuso)

Jennifer Graf

as Mrs. O'Donohue

Carroll Baker

as Nancy Norton

Julianna McCarthy

as Old Woman

Jeremy Jordan

as Aryan Boy

Robert Pike Daniel

as Bagpipe Player (as Rob Daniel)

Jessee Roach

as Teenage Boy