''Stranger at My Door'' (also known as ''Dead Run'') is a 1991 American
made-for-television
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thriller drama film
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directed by
Vincent McEveety
Vincent Michael McEveety (August 10, 1929 – May 19, 2018) was an American film director, film and television director and producer.
Career
Vince McEveety directed numerous Emmy Award-winning television series, including ''The Untouchables ( ...
and starring
Robert Urich
Robert Michael Urich (December 19, 1946 – April 16, 2002) was an American film, television, and stage actor, and television producer. Over the course of his 30-year career, he starred in a record 15 television series.
Urich began his ca ...
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Premise
A rich city woman and murder witness on the run from her psychotic husband takes refuge in the barn of a Texas
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dirt farmer. The farmer is also on the run from the law and has been for years and finally must confront the police when they come for the woman.
Cast
*Robert Urich
Robert Michael Urich (December 19, 1946 – April 16, 2002) was an American film, television, and stage actor, and television producer. Over the course of his 30-year career, he starred in a record 15 television series.
Urich began his ca ...
as Joe Fortier
*Markie Post
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as Sharon Dancey
*James Gammon
James Richard Gammon (April 20, 1940 – July 16, 2010) was an American actor, known for playing grizzled "good ol' boy" types in numerous films and television series.
Gammon portrayed Lou Brown, the manager in the movies '' Major League'' and ' ...
as Sheriff Bitterman
*Michael Beck
John Michael Beck Taylor (born February 4, 1949), commonly known as Michael Beck, is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Swan in '' The Warriors'' (1979) and Sonny Malone in '' Xanadu'' (1980).
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Beck was born in Memphis, T ...
as Jimmy Lee Dancey
*Helen Griffiths as Laverne
*Nick Stahl
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He later transitioned into his adult ...
as Robert Fortier
*Ken Swofford
Kenneth Charles Swofford (July 25, 1933 – November 1, 2018) was an American film and television actor often cast as a villain or a police officer.
Between 1962 and 1995, Swofford's film credits included ''Thelma & Louise'', '' Skyjacked' ...
as Lieutenant McIvers
References
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1991 television films
1991 films
1990s thriller drama films
American thriller drama films
CBS network films
Films directed by Vincent McEveety
American thriller television films
1990s English-language films
1990s American films
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