Film

Silent Motive

1991 · 1h 30m · Thriller · TV Movie

She's a Hollywood screenwriter learning that sometimes... words kill.

IMDb

5.4

Notorious for writing the most successful - and scandalous - scripts in Hollywood, hit screenwriter Laura Bardell suddenly finds herself implicated in a baffling series of film-industry killings. What's worse, the killer is using the same ingenious methods Laura herself employed in her latest movie about a real-life murder case. To her horror, Laura realizes her script is coming to life - and turning her fictional words into homicidal reality.

Patricia Wettig

Laura Bardell

Rick Springfield

Brad

Ed Asner

Sam

Mike Farrell

Detective Paul Trella

David Packer

Brian / Cliff Sloan / Mark Gallaway

Molly Parker

2nd Female Questioner

Johannah Newmarch

1st Female Questioner

David Cubitt

Doug

Kevin McNulty

Cop

Frank Ferrucci

Waiter

Rebecca Toolan

Randy

Mark Brandon

Presenter

• Lee PhilipsDirector
• William P. BekkalaWriter
• Marvin MinoffProducer
• Mike FarrellProducer
• Thomas BurstynDirector of Photography
• Dana KaproffOriginal Music Composer
• John DuffyEditor
• Beth KleinCasting

Release date

October 16, 1991

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Thriller, TV Movie