''The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer'' is a thriller/drama TV film that first aired on

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in 1999 as a two-part miniseries. It starred Kevin Anderson,

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and

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. Anderson plays 1970s activist and purported Earth Day co-founder

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, who is charged with, and later convicted ''in absentia'' of, the murder of his girlfriend Holly Maddux (played by Watts). Skerritt plays Maddux's father, who tries to bring Einhorn to justice.

Cast

* Kevin Anderson as

as Fred Maddux *

as Holly Maddux * Kellie Overbey as Meg Maddux *

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as Detective Newhouse *

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as Saul Lapidus *

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as Corporate Man * William G. Schilling as Robert Stevens *

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as Lucas Rothman *

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as Barbra Bronfman *

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as Bea Einhorn * Bill MacDonald as Police Lieutenant *

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as Richard DiBenedetto * Wanda Cannon as Liz Maddux *

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as Buffy Maddux * Angela Vint as Mary Maddux *

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as John Maddux *

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as Holly's Counselor * Damir Andrei as Book Editor *Philippe Ayoub as Mitchell Snyder (as Philip Ayoub) * Marcia Bennett as Judge's Secretary * Catherine Blythe as Café Manager *Robert Bockstael as Professor * Nicu Branzea as Andrua Puharich * Ian D. Clark as

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* Gina Clayton as Joann DiBenedetto *

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as Harry Jay Katz * Susan Coyne as Sandra Rothman * Jon Cubrt as Paul Herre * Yuval Daniel as

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* Hugo Dann as Investigator #1 * Louis Di Bianco as Mayor

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* Martin Doyle as Enquirer Reporter * Reg Dreger as Governor

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* Carolyn Dunn as Anika Flodin *Roger Dunn as Harvard Dean * Donna Goodhand as Head D.A. * Ron Hartmann as Judge Foley * Niki Holt as Nina (as Nicole Hughes) *

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as Social Worker * Jeffrey Knight as T.V. Reporter * Louisa Martin as Colette Weaire *

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as FBI Supervisor * Deborah Pollitt as Co-Op Worker *Michael Rhoades as Bernard Segal * Elisabeth Rosen as Jean Marie * Richard Sali as Morris Gelman *

Kim Schraner Kim Schraner (born 1976) is a Canadian actress, who starred in the children's spy TV series '' Spynet'', shown in Canada on CBC Television. Schraner starred in the Showcase soap opera ''Paradise Falls'' as the character Jessica Lansing. She st ...

as Shelly *Jacques Tourangeau as Dominique Tricaud * Nicole Underhay as Dorm Roommate * Robin Ward as Debate Moderator * Jennifer Wigmore as Rita Siegel * Kim Roberts as Jury Foreperson *

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as Affair Girl (scenes deleted) (uncredited)

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