Hands of a Stranger

• Director: Larry Elikann
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• Genre: Thriller
• Movie Type: Psychological Thriller
• Themes: Out For Revenge, Infidelity
• Main Cast: Armand Assante, Blair Brown, Beverly D'Angelo, Arliss Howard
• Release Year: 1987
• Country: US
• Run Time: 179 minutes

Plot

Hands of a Stranger was adapted by playwright Arthur Kopit from the best-selling novel by Robert Daley. Armand Assante plays a New York City narcotics officer who aids DA Blair Brown in her investigation of a rape case in which drugs were involved. In the subsequent days, Assante becomes something of an expert in rape evidence. Thus, when his wife Beverly D'Angelo is sexually assaulted while en route to a rendezvous with her lover, Assante suspects something even though D'Angelo remains mum about the incident. Conducting his own investigation, Assante determines the rapist's identity while wiretapping a phoned-in attempt to blackmail his wife. Will Assante forget everything he's learned about police procedure and attempt to take the law into his own hands? Co-starring in Hands of a Stranger is Arliss Howard as the scummy rapist. Preceded by a warning that the film contained scenes of a violent and graphic nature, Hands of a Stranger was originally broadcast in two parts, on May 10 and 11, 1987. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Ben Affleck - Billy Hearn; Armand Assante - Joe Hearn; Blair Brown - Diana Benton; Philip Casnoff - Marty Loftus; Gordon Clapp - Sergeant Markey; John Bear Curtis - Dornfelder; Beverly D'Angelo - Mary Hearn; Jackson Davies - Captain Lauder; Thomas Heaton - Staff #2; Gary Hetherington - Detective; Arliss Howard - Felix Lyttle; Don Lake - Grady; Michael Lerner - Captain Cirillo; Blu Mankuma - Detective; Walter Marsh - Judge #1; Sam McMurray - Pearson; Irving Metzman - Arthur Katz; Robert Pastorelli - Handyman; Betty Phillips - Woman Neighbor; Sarah Polley; Patricia Richardson - Helen; Angelo Rizacos - Crawford; Jerry Wasserman - Hotel Employee; Stephen E. Miller - Inspector Davidoff; Tony Rosato - Ligouri; Forest Whitaker - Sergeant Delaney; Patricia Idlette - Last Rape Victim; Franklin Johnson - Old Man; Donna Peerless - Judge #2; Raimund Stamm - Joe's Staff #1; Alex Bruhanski - Bluestone

Credit

Thomas S. Dawson - Costume Designer, Larry Elikann - Director, Art Seid - Editor, Edgar J. Scherick - Executive Producer, Michel Rubini - Composer (Music Score), Michael S. Bolton - Production Designer, Laszlo George - Cinematographer, Robert Daley - Book Author