The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
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Mark Harmon stars as baby-faced serial killer Ted Bundy in this sobering 2-part TV movie. Ostensibly the archetypal All-American boy, Bundy was, from 1974 onward, responsible for the rapes and murders of several young women in the Pacific Northwest. The clues begin to mount when one of Bundy's… More Mark Harmon stars as baby-faced serial killer Ted Bundy in this sobering 2-part TV movie. Ostensibly the archetypal All-American boy, Bundy was, from 1974 onward, responsible for the rapes and murders of several young women in the Pacific Northwest. The clues begin to mount when one of Bundy's victims manages to escape; she can only say that her assailant was a fellow named Ted who drives a yellow Volkswagen. Finally arrested after he moves from Seattle to Utah, Bundy is so certain of his superiority over the general run of human beings that he conducts his own defense at his trial; then, when extradited to Colorado, he escapes, triggering a desperate nationwide manhunt. At the time Deliberate Stranger was first telecast on May 5 and 6, 1986, Theodore Bundy was on Death Row, still contesting his sentence and seeking a legal way out. When time came for his execution, Bundy attempted several bizarre last-minute "stays," which would make intriguing subject matter should someone want to make a follow-up film. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Marvin J. Chomsky
- Genres
- Drama, Television, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 4, 1986 Wide
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Cast
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Starr Andreeff
as Jane Maxwell
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Jeanetta Arnette
as Barbara
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John Ashton
as Detective Roger Dunn
- Conrad Bachmann
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William Boyett
as Aspen Detective
- Maia Brewton
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Joshua Bryant
as Prosecutor
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Billy Green Bush
as Officer Bradley - Provo Detective
- Cecile Callan
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Frederick Coffin
as Jerry Thompson
- Tom Dahlgren
- Rad Daly
- Steve Eastin
- Terry Farrell
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Frederic Forrest
as Detective Bob Keppel
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Timothy Gibbs
as John
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Deborah Goodrich
as Martha Chambers
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George Grizzard
as Richard Larsen
- Frank Hamilton
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Mark Harmon
as Ted Bundy
- Eric Hart
- Chip Heller
- Virginia Kiser
- Michael Laurence
- Rick Lieberman
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Emily Longstreth
as Susan Delgato
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Ben Masters
as Detective Mike Fisher
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Macon McCalman
as Larsen's Editor
- Tom McFadden
- Dick McGarvin
- Harry Northrup
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Glynnis O'Connor
as Cas Richter
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Lawrence Pressman
as Ken Wolverton
- Jack Rader
- Maggie Roswell
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Ann Ryerson
as Mrs. Hargreaves
- Kevin Scannell
- Sheri Stoner
- Greg Stuart
- Joe Unger
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M. Emmet Walsh
as Detective Sam Davies
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Elaine Wilkes
as Lisa Rutledge
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Rita Zohar
as Eleanor Rose
- Fred Lerner
- Julie Philips
- Leilani Sarelle
- Will Jeffries
- Robert Balderson
- Dan Chambers
- Roger Hampton
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Molly Fontaine
as Joann Baker
- Peter Vogt
- Jill Andre
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Bonnie Bartlett
as Louise Bundy
