
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994-03-27 · 120 min · ★ 4.7
The Corpse had a Familiar Face is a 1994 American TV-Movie with Elizabeth Montgomery, playing Edna Buchanan, a Miami's criminal journalist.
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- Directors
- Joyce Chopra
- Production companies
- Touchstone Television, Von Zerneck Sertner Films, CBS
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Elizabeth MontgomeryEdna Buchanan
Dennis FarinaDetective Harry Lindstrom
Yaphet KottoDetective Martin Talbot
Audra LindleyMonica/Edna's mother
Branscombe RichmondRodriguez
David SpielbergGeorge
Lee HorsleyBen Nicholson
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