''Witness to the Execution'' is a 1994 American
made-for-television drama film directed by
Tommy Lee Wallace and starring
Tim Daly and
Sean Young. Its plot concerns a fictional television network's desire to carry the live execution of a condemned killer as a
pay-per-view
Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television or webcast service that enables a viewer to pay to watch individual events via private telecast.
Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program guid ...
event. It also portrays the events surrounding the attempt to create a television show about the execution.
Cast
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Sean Young as Jessica Traynor
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Tim Daly as Dennis Casterline
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Len Cariou as Jake Tyler
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George Newbern as Phillip Tyler
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Dee Wallace as Emily Dawson
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Alan Fudge
Alan Fudge (February 27, 1944 – October 10, 2011) was an American actor known for his roles in four television programs, ''Man from Atlantis'', ''Eischied'', ''Paper Dolls'' and ''Bodies of Evidence'', along with a recurring role on '' 7th Hea ...
as Wallace Sternberg
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Brian Markinson as Kirby Jacobs
* Marina Palmier as Cynthia Moore
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Constance Jones
Emily Elizabeth Constance Jones (19 February 1848 – 9 April 1922) known as Constance Jones or E.E. Constance Jones, was an English philosopher and educator. She worked in logic and ethics.
Life and career
Emily Elizabeth Constance Jones was bo ...
as Lucy
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Alex Morris as Ramos
* Lourdes Regala as Dornbush
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Brandon Smith as Toyoshima
* Blue Deckert as Lt. Mike Spalding
* James Black as the Chaplain
References
External links
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1994 drama films
1994 films
1994 television films
American drama television films
1990s English-language films
Films about capital punishment
Films about television
Films directed by Tommy Lee Wallace
Films scored by Mark Snow
Films set in 1999
Films set in the future
NBC network original films
1990s American films
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