The Long Island Incident

The Long Island Incident

96 mins | Drama, Crime, TV Movie | May 3, 1998

On December 7, 1993, a gunman opened fire in a crowded commuter train on Long Island. This fact-based story focuses on the events that swell around Carolyn McCarthy, a woman whose husband is killed and her 26 year old son is severely wounded in the massacre. The result is she is forced out of her comfortable suburban existence and she becomes an out-spoken crusader against assault weapons. The film shifts from her perspective to the mind of the killer and finally to the media frenzy that surrounds both.

The Long Island Incident

96 mins | Drama, Crime, TV Movie | May 3, 1998

The Long Island Incident
On December 7, 1993, a gunman opened fire in a crowded commuter train on Long Island. This fact-based story focuses on the events that swell around Carolyn McCarthy, a woman whose husband is killed and her 26 year old son is severely wounded in the massacre. The result is she is forced out of her comfortable suburban existence and she becomes an out-spoken crusader against assault weapons. The film shifts from her perspective to the mind of the killer and finally to the media frenzy that surrounds both.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Barwood Films, Columbia TriStar Television
Original title The Long Island Incident
Directors Catherine Taylor, Joseph Sargent
Writers Maria Nation

Cast

Laurie Metcalf

as Carolyn McCarthy

Mackenzie Astin

as Kevin McCarthy

Peter MacNeill

as Dennie McCarthy

Tyrone Benskin

as Colin Ferguson

Elisa Moolecherry

as Natalie Berger

Cedric Smith

as Tim Bobek

Lawrence Dane

as Tommy

Diane D'Aquila

as Dr. Ellen Lipsky

Nancy Beatty

as Jean McBride

John Boylan

as Frank McBride

Greg Ellwand

as Bob Leahy

Sandy Crawley

as Dan Frisa

Bill Lake

as Bill Leffert

Peter Mensah

as Hugh

Martin Doyle

as Leonard Marshall