Product Details

• Actors: Susan Barnes, Heather Fairfield, Richard Portnow, Juliet Sorcey, Sally Struthers
• Directors: John Patterson
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Direct Source Label
• DVD Release Date: October 2, 2007
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000V9KF7S
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #216,465 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A preventable tragedy and ruined life, March 6, 2009

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Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Deadly Silence (DVD)

Based on the true story published by NY Times reporter Dena Kleiman, the made-for-TVer A DEADLY SILENCE covers a delicate subject.

To protect her younger sister from the intimate assaults she herself endured, a teenaged girl hires a schoolmate to kill the perpetrator.

In February of 1986, Long Islander Cheryl Pierson (Fairfield) arranges for the murder of her electrician father, James (Haid). She'd been a victim of incest at his hands for five years, and as this story reveals, friends and family members who are aware of such horrendous acts may keep quiet instead of protecting the helpless victim. At her trial, Cheryl's attorney (Farrell) pleads "not guilty due to extenuating circumstances."

This well-done film isn't a popular one, but that's understandable considering the subject matter. (Watch here for a pre-Friends David Schwimmer, also veteran actor Jeff Corey as the judge.)


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4.0 out of 5 stars true crime murder, May 16, 2008

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This review is from: A Deadly Silence (DVD)

this movie is taken from a true crime case where a man who lost his wife & his teenage daughter took over the wife's chores in taking care of the children & the father. He desided her wanted her to take on all of his wives duties. she told a class mate what her father was doing to her & wish someone would kill her father so he desided to help her & he killed the father.

very intense.