''Secrets of Eden'' is a 2012 suspense television film directed by
Tawnia McKiernan
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published in 2010. The film was set and recorded in
Toronto
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Canada
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Plot summary
Pastor Steven Drew's faith is shattered after one of his newly baptized members, Alice Hayward, is murdered by her abusive husband George, who then seems to commit suicide. The pastor meets an author/Detective Catherine Benincasa working on a book about angels who helps him face his demons, and the law. Evidence surfaces that there was an affair between Alice and Reverend Drew. Katie, the Haywards’ orphaned 15-year-old daughter, is the only key to uncover the disturbing secrets of what happened behind closed doors on that fateful night and the suffering they endured as a “not so perfect” family.
Cast
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John Stamos as Pastor Steven Drew
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Anna Gunn
Anna Gunn (born August 11, 1968) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Skyler White on the AMC drama series ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013), for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a ...
as Detective Catherine Benincasa
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Sonya Salomaa as Alice Hayward
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Samantha Munro as Kate Hayward
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Athena Karkanis as Heather
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Lisa Ryder
Lisa Ryder (born 26 October 1970) is a Canadian actress, who portrayed the role of Beka Valentine on the science fiction television series '' Andromeda''.
Life and career
Ryder was born in Edmonton, Alberta and attended the University of Tor ...
as Ginny McBradden
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Graham Abbey
Graham Abbey (born Graham Robert Thomson Abbey, March 24, 1971) is a Canadian film, television and stage actor, who is best known for his role as Gray Jackson in TV drama '' The Border''.
History
At the then Stratford Festival of Canada, the e ...
as George Hayward
* John Bourgeois as Jim Halm
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J. P. Manoux as Detective Emmet Walker
* John Robinson as Paul Benincasa
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Neil Foster
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as David Dennison
* Barry Flatman as Aaron Lance
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Jordan Todosey
Jordan Todosey ( , born February 8, 1995) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Adam Torres, the first transgender character on the long-running TV series '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'', and as Lizzie McDonald on ''Life wit ...
as Tina McBradden
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2012 television films
2012 films
American television films
Films based on American novels
2010s English-language films
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