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, based on the non-fiction book '' Blood Games'' by

Jerry Bledsoe Jerry Bledsoe (born 1941) is an American author and journalist known for several true crime titles based on murders in his native state of North Carolina. His journalism career, which spanned over 20 years, included newspaper work in the North ...

. The true crime story recounts the murder of Lieth Von Stein, and stars Sharon Gless,

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, and William McNamara. The film was considered a ratings hit.

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