Attack on Fear

Plot

Attack on Fear was based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning series of newspaper articles by Dave and Cathy Mitchell. Paul Michael Glaser and Linda Kelsey play the Michaels, who labor away at a tiny California daily. Upon hearing of iniquities at the famed Santa Monica drug-rehab center Synanon, the Michaels begin publishing their evidence. Despite legal pressure from Synanon and bizarre anonymously mailed threats, the Mitchells' story results in a major investigation of the revered institution. Completed in 1982, the made-for-TV Attack on Fear was not telecast until October of 1984, and then only after (presumably) being reshaped to satisfy Synanon's battery of attorneys. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

Hugh Reilly - Lofgren; Wendy Goldman - Gail; Marion Kodama Yue - Katie Masato; Macon McCalman - Mr. Bledsoe; Edith Fields - Doris Gambonini; John H. Fields - Al Gambonini; Tom Lowell - Paul Morantz; Nicholas Mele - Tony; Joseph Chapman - Agent; Cheryl Francis Harrington - Tammy; Jody Carter - Artistic Lady; Davis Roberts - Seth Anderson; Jackson Gregory - Thompson; Patricia Parris - Bonnie; Gary Bayer - Veteran Reporter; Cater Cole - Harper; Kimberly Howard - Harper's Wife; Erin Patricia Boyd - Ex-Prostitute; Dondi Bastone - College Student; Biff Yeager - Tough Detective; Kathleen Hiethals - Jesse; Robert Ruth - John; David Key - Cameraman; Mary Armantrout - Female Reporter; Joe Handy - Reporter; Chris Pina - Peter; James Cooney - Synanon Driver; J.W. Smith - Synanon Man; Pat McGilligan - George; Barbara Babcock - Jane Dutton; Alan Fudge - Art Disterhoft; Paul Michael Glaser - Dave Mitchell; Jerry Hardin - Sheriff Bergus; John Harkins - Tom Banner; Linda Kelsey - Cathy Mitchell; Tom Villard - Keith; Kevin Conway - Richard Ofshe

Credit

Mel Damski - Director, Tony Berg - Composer (Music Score), T.S. Cook - Screenwriter

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