A Killer Among Friends
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A Killer Among Friends
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Based on actual events, this drama offers a chilling look at the lengths some youths will go in order to feel loved. Though devastated by the brutal slaying of her daughter Jenny (Tiffani-Amber Thiesson), kind-hearted mother Jean Monroe (Patty Duke) allows Jenny's troubled best friend Ellen (Margaret Welsh) to stay in her home. Despite the hard work of a tough police detective (Loretta Swit), no real progress is made on the case. A series of events, however, turn suspicions towards Ellen. ~ Sandra Brennan, RoviCast
- Patty Duke - Jean Monroe
- Loretta Swit - Det. Patricia Staley
- Margaret Welsh - Ellen Holloway
- Tiffani-Amber Thiessen - Jenny Monroe
- Angie Rae McKinney
Credit
Charles Robert Carner - Director| A Kidnapping in the Family (1996 Film), A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995 Film) | |
| A Killer Among Us (1990 Film), A Killer Upstairs (2005 Film) |
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A Killer Among Friends
| A Killer Among Friends | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Charles Robert Carner |
| Written by | Christopher Lofton John Miglis |
| Starring | Patty Duke Tiffani-Amber Thiessen Margaret Welsh Chad Todhunter |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Original airing | December 8, 1992 |
| Running time | 96 min |
A Killer Among Friends is a 1992 made-for-television movie that aired on CBS on December 8, 1992. Based on a true story, the film stars Patty Duke as a mother grieving for her murdered daughter (Tiffani Amber Thiessen) and sets out to find the killer.
The film is based on the real life murder of Michele Avila.
Plot
Jenny Monroe (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) is a typical all American teenage girl, who has a falling out with her best friend Ellen Holloway (Margaret Welsh) and doesn't return home. Jenny's mother, Jean (Patty Duke), is worried for her daughter, and three days later, Jenny's body is discovered in a creek with a 100 pound log across her back. Furious about the murder, Ellen and Jean both try and track down the killer. Ellen and her daughter, Celeste, move into Jean's house. Ellen had wanted Jenny's room, but Jean had Ellen sleeping in her bedroom, as Jenny's room was later turned into a nursery for when her grandchild would visit.
Three years later with the police still unable to solve Jenny's murder, Kathy Pearl, another friend of Jenny, comes forward out of guilt. Kathy tells the police she was brought along with the girls (Jenny, Ellen, and Carla) when they attacked Jenny by slapping her, chopping off pieces of her hair, and then finally drowning her. Kathy claims they did it because they believed Jenny had slept with their boyfriends, but during the trial it was revealed that the plain and overweight Ellen was jealous of Jenny's popularity and beauty and wanted "to be her". Kathy told the police she fled town because Ellen threatened her if she talked.
Cast
- Patty Duke as Jean Monroe
- Tiffani-Amber Thiessen as Jennifer Anne "Jenny" Monroe
- Margaret Welsh as Ellen Holloway
- Angie Rae McKinney as Carla Lewis
- David Cubitt as Greg Monroe
- Janne Mortil as Kathy Pearl
- Loretta Swit as Detective Patricia Staley
- Debra Sharkey as Sheryl Monroe
- Chad Todhunter as Adam Monroe
- Ben Bass as Steve
- William S. Taylor as Detective Mike Collins
- Babs Chula as Diane
- Matthew Bennett as Dan
- Heather and Shannon Beaty as Celeste
- Barry Pepper as Mickey Turner
- Lisa Vultaggio as Susan
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