The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
Movie Info
Mark Harmon stars as baby-faced serial killer Ted Bundy in this sobering 2-part TV movie. Ostensibly the archetypal All-American boy, Bundy was, from 1974 onward, responsible for the rapes and murders of several young women in the Pacific Northwest. The clues begin to mount when one of Bundy's victims manages to escape; she can only say that her assailant was a fellow named Ted who drives a yellow Volkswagen. Finally arrested after he moves from Seattle to Utah, Bundy is so certain of his superiority over the general run of human beings that he conducts his own defense at his trial; then, when extradited to Colorado, he escapes, triggering a desperate nationwide manhunt. At the time Deliberate Stranger was first telecast on May 5 and 6, 1986, Theodore Bundy was on Death Row, still contesting his sentence and seeking a legal way out. When time came for his execution, Bundy attempted several bizarre last-minute "stays," which would make intriguing subject matter should someone want to make a follow-up film.
Cast
Mark Harmon
as Ted Bundy
as Ted Bundy
George Grizzard
as Richard Larsen
as Richard Larsen
Glynnis O'Connor
as Cas Richter
as Cas Richter
Frederic Forrest
as Det. Bob Keppel
as Det. Bob Keppel
Ben Masters
as Detective Mike Fisher
as Detective Mike Fisher
M. Emmet Walsh
as Detective Sam Davies
as Detective Sam Davies
John Ashton
as Detective Roger Dunn
as Detective Roger Dunn
Billy Green Bush
as Officer Bradley - Provo Detective
as Officer Bradley - Provo Detective
Frederick Coffin
as Jerry Thompson
as Jerry Thompson
Deborah Goodrich
as Martha Chambers
as Martha Chambers
Lawrence Pressman
as Ken Wolverton
as Ken Wolverton
Macon McCalman
as Larsen's Editor
as Larsen's Editor
Ann Ryerson
as Mrs. Hargreaves
as Mrs. Hargreaves
Timothy Gibbs
as John
as John
Emily Longstreth
as Susan Delgato
as Susan Delgato
Starr Andreeff
as Jane Maxwell
as Jane Maxwell
Rita Zohar
as Eleanor Rose
as Eleanor Rose
Molly Fontaine
as Joann Baker
as Joann Baker
Elaine Wilkes
as Lisa Rutledge
as Lisa Rutledge
Joshua Bryant
as Prosecutor
as Prosecutor
Jeanetta Arnette
as Barbara
as Barbara
Bonnie Bartlett
as Louise Bundy
as Louise Bundy
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Mark Harmon was very convincing as Ted Bundy.
Wahida K
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