''The Two Mr. Kissels'' is a 2008 American

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true crime

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directed by

Ed Bianchi Edward Bianchi (born April 24, 1942) is an American television director and television producer, producer. He is better known for his work on ''Deadwood (TV series), Deadwood'', ''Boardwalk Empire'', ''Yellowstone (American TV series), Yellowstone ...

and starring

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, Anson Mount, Gretchen Egolf and

Robin Tunney Robin Tunney (born June 19, 1972) is an American actress. Tunney made her film debut in the comedy ''Encino Man'' (1992) and rose to prominence with leading roles in the cult films ''Empire Records'' (1995) and '' The Craft'' (1996). Her perform ...

. It chronicles the lives and murders of brothers

Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

and Andrew Kissel. It originally premiered on

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on November 15, 2008.

Plot

The film starts with the murder of narrator Andrew Kissel (

), and is told through a series of flashbacks and documentary interviews, telling the story of how

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real estate mogul Andrew and his younger Wall Street broker brother,

( Anson Mount) meet their untimely ends. The two men compete for the affection of their disapproving father, and try to one-up each other with Robert marrying social climber Nancy (

) and having three children, while Andrew marries TV news analyst Haley ( Gretchen Egolf). Nancy starts having an affair and kills her husband in Hong Kong, while Andrew starts doing drugs. Nancy is convicted for Robert's murder and sentenced to life in a Hong Kong women's prison, while Andrew's driver Juan Castillo is arrested for Andrew's murder. Nancy and Robert's daughters are in the custody of his sister, while Haley starts using her maiden name and returns to work.

Cast

as Andrew Kissel * Anson Mount as Robert Kissel *

as Nancy Kissel * Gretchen Egolf as Haley Kissel *

Chuck Shamata Charles "Chuck" Shamata (born 1942) is a Canadian actor. Early life and education Born and raised in Toronto, he worked at Honest Ed's,"Shamata's riding out acting's ups and downs". ''The Globe and Mail'', October 12, 1974. and studied acting ...

as Bill Kissel *Tea Jacobson as Deborah Kissel *London Angelis as young Andrew Kissel *John Fleming as young Robert Kissel *Elizabeth Hart as young Deborah Kissel *Carlos Gonzalez-Vio as Juan Castillo

References

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* 2008 television films 2008 films 2008 crime drama films 2000s English-language films American crime drama films Biographical films about fraudsters Crime television films American drama television films Films directed by Ed Bianchi Films scored by Reinhold Heil Films scored by Johnny Klimek Films set in Connecticut Films set in Hong Kong Fraud in television Lifetime (TV network) films Fiction about mariticide 2000s American films English-language crime drama films {{2000s-crime-drama-film-stub