''Dead Man's Island'' is a 1996 American

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mystery-

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starring

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and featuring an

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, Morgan Fairchild,

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, David Faustino, Christopher Atkins,

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, Jameson Parker, Christopher Cazenove and

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. It is based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Carolyn Hart and premiered on

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on March 5, 1996.

Synopsis

Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins (Barbara Eden), known simply as "Henrie O.", is an investigative journalist called to a mysterious remote island by her old friend Chase Prescott (William Shatner) who fears that someone is trying to kill him. The weekend is filled with intrigue as Henrie O. and all the guests try to figure out who is trying to murder their host.

Cast

as Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins (Henrie O.) *

as Chase Prescott *

as Trevor Dunnaway * Morgan Fairchild as Valerie St. Vincent *

as Miranda Prescott * David Faustino as Haskell Prescott * Christopher Atkins as Roger Prescott *

as Rosie, the housemaid * Jameson Parker as Lyle Stedman *

as Burton Andrews * Christopher Cazenove as Milo

Home media

''Dead Man's Island'' was released on Region 1

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on August 7, 2013 by

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External links

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