The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
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The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer is a thriller/drama TV miniseries that first aired in 1999 in two parts. It starred Kevin Anderson, Naomi Watts
and Tom Skerritt
.
Anderson plays 1970s activist Ira Einhorn
, 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. The film was made for NBC Universal studios and aired in 1999 as a four-hour, two-part mini-film.
Naomi Watts
Naomi Ellen Watts is a British actress. Watts began her career in Australian television, where she appeared in series such as Hey Dad..! , Brides of Christ , and Home and Away . Her film debut was the 1986 drama For Love Alone...
and Tom Skerritt
Tom Skerritt
Thomas Roy "Tom" Skerritt is an American actor who has appeared in over 40 films and more than 200 television episodes since 1962.-Early life:...
.
Anderson plays 1970s activist Ira Einhorn
Ira Einhorn
Ira Samuel Einhorn, known as "the Unicorn Killer" , is a convicted murderer who savagely beat his ex-girlfriend, Holly Maddux, to death and then stored her body in a locker in his apartment for more than a year before it was discovered by the police...
, 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. The film was made for NBC Universal studios and aired in 1999 as a four-hour, two-part mini-film.
Lead and Supporting
- Kevin Anderson as Ira EinhornIra EinhornIra Samuel Einhorn, known as "the Unicorn Killer" , is a convicted murderer who savagely beat his ex-girlfriend, Holly Maddux, to death and then stored her body in a locker in his apartment for more than a year before it was discovered by the police...
- Tom SkerrittTom SkerrittThomas Roy "Tom" Skerritt is an American actor who has appeared in over 40 films and more than 200 television episodes since 1962.-Early life:...
as Fred Maddux - Naomi WattsNaomi WattsNaomi Ellen Watts is a British actress. Watts began her career in Australian television, where she appeared in series such as Hey Dad..! , Brides of Christ , and Home and Away . Her film debut was the 1986 drama For Love Alone...
as Holly Maddux - Kellie Overbey as Meg Maddux
- Ruben Santiago-HudsonRuben Santiago-HudsonRuben Santiago-Hudson is an American actor and playwright, who has won national awards for his work in both areas. In November 2011 he will appear on Broadway in Lydia Diamond's play .-Early life:...
as Det. Newhouse (as Ruben Santiago Hudson) - Brian KerwinBrian KerwinBrian Kerwin is an American actor.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Kerwin won the Theatre World Award in 1988 for the off-Broadway play Emily. His Broadway theatre credits include the 1997 revival of The Little Foxes and the Elaine May comedy After the Night and the Music in 2005...
as Saul Lapidus - Josef SommerJosef SommerJosef Sommer is an American film actor.He was born Maximilian Josef Sommer in Greifswald, Germany and was raised in North Carolina, the son of Elisabeth and Clemons Sommer, a professor of art history at the University of North Carolina. He studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology...
as Corporate Man
Featured
- William G. SchillingWilliam G. SchillingWilliam Garrison Schilling is a retired American actor of film and television who is best known for his role as Dr. Harold Samuels in Head of the Class between 1986 and 1991.- Acting career :...
as Robert Stevens - Albert SchultzAlbert SchultzAlbert Schultz is a Canadian actor, director and the founding artistic director of Toronto's celebrated Soulpepper Theatre Company.-Education:...
as Lucas Rothman - Mimi Kuzyk as Barbra Bronfman
- Gregory ItzinGregory ItzinGregory Martin Itzin is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his role as disgraced U.S. President Charles Logan in the television series 24.-Early life:...
as Arlen SpecterArlen SpecterArlen Specter is a former United States Senator from Pennsylvania. Specter is a Democrat, but was a Republican from 1965 until switching to the Democratic Party in 2009... - Rosemary MurphyRosemary MurphyRosemary Murphy is an American actress of stage, film, and television.Murphy was born in Munich, Germany, the daughter of American parents Mildred and Robert D. Murphy, a diplomat...
as Bea Einhorn - Bill MacDonaldBill MacDonaldWilliam "Bill" MacDonald was a Scottish heavyweight wrestling champion. He died in 1964, and was the father of actor Kenneth MacDonald ....
as Police Lieutenant - Martin DonovanMartin DonovanMartin Donovan is an American stage and film actor. He has had a long collaboration with the director Hal Hartley, appearing in many of his films, including Trust , Surviving Desire , Simple Men , Flirt , Amateur , and The Book of Life...
as Richard DiBenedetto - Wanda Cannon as Liz Maddux
- Kristin Booth as Buffy Maddux
- Angela Vint as Mary Maddux
- Kirby MorrowKirby MorrowKirby Morrow is a Canadian actor. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia.- Filmography :2011 Mortal Kombat: Legacy King Jerrod– Kitana & Mileena: Part 1 … King Jerrod...
as John Maddux - Rosemary DunsmoreRosemary DunsmoreRosemary Dunsmore is a Canadian TV, film and theatre, actress, born in 1953.She has starred in some well known Canadian productions, that include, The Campbells, Anne of Green Gables, Road to Avonlea and Murdoch Mysteries.-External links:...
as Holly's Counselor
Principal
- Damir Andrei as Book Editor
- Philippe AyoubPhilippe AyoubPhilippe Ayoub is a bilingual actor who was born in Montreal, Canada. He is married to and currently lives with voice actor Barbara Radecki and his two daughters, Stefanie and Michelle.-External links:...
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. ClarkIan D. ClarkIan D. Clark, CM is a Professor of Public Policy at the University of Toronto, a former Canadian civil servant and former president of the Council of Ontario Universities....
as Denis WeaireDenis WeaireDenis Lawrence Weaire is an Irish physicist, who is an emeritus professor of Trinity College Dublin.Educated at the Belfast Royal Academy and Clare College, Cambridge, he has since held positions at the universities of California, Chicago, Harvard and Yale, ultimately holding professorships at... - Gina Clayton as Joann DiBenedetto
- Matt Cooke as Harry Jay Katz
- Susan CoyneSusan CoyneSusan Coyne is a Canadian writer and actress, best known as one of the co-creators and co-stars of the award-winning Slings and Arrows, a TV series which ran 2003–06 about a Canadian Shakespearean theatre company...
as Sandra Rothman - Jon Cubrt as Paul Herre
- Yuval Daniel as Uri GellerUri GellerUri Geller is a self-proclaimed psychic known for his trademark television performances of spoon bending and other supposed psychic effects. Throughout the years, Geller has been accused of using simple conjuring tricks to achieve the effects of psychokinesis and telepathy...
- Hugo Dann as Investigator #1
- Louis Di Bianco as Mayor Frank RizzoFrank RizzoFrancis Lazarro "Frank" Rizzo, Sr. was an American police officer and politician. He served two terms as mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from January 1972 to January 1980; he was Police Commissioner for four years prior to that.-Police Commissioner:Rizzo joined the Philadelphia Police...
- Martin Doyle as Enquirer Reporter
- Reg Dreger as Governor Tom RidgeTom RidgeThomas Joseph "Tom" Ridge is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives , the 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania , Assistant to the President for Homeland Security , and the first United States Secretary of Homeland Security...
- Carolyn DunnCarolyn DunnCarolyn Dunn is a Canadian actress. Her notable roles include Silvie Gerard, the business partner/sidekick on Tropical Heat . She is a native of Whitney Pier on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.-External links:...
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)
- Maggie Huculak as Social Worker
- Jeffrey Knight as T.V. Reporter
- Louisa MartinLouisa MartinLouisa Martin was a professional tennis player from Ireland. She was the world Number one player several times at the turn of the century; in 1890, 1895, 1896, 1899 and again in 1903. She had a competitive rivalry with Lottie Dod from Great Britain....
as Colette Weaire - Bruce McFee 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 SchranerKim SchranerKim Schraner is a Canadian actress, who stars in the children's spy TV series Spynet, shown nationally on CBC Television....
as Shelly - Jacques TourangeauJacques TourangeauJacques Tourangeau is a Canadian actor.He graduated from Université de Montréal, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1963, a Bachelor of Education in 1965 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1986. He gained his first role in the Quebec TV series Rue des Pignons. During the late 1970s, he appeared in...
as Dominique TricaudDominique TricaudDominique Tricaud is a lawyer whose fame in the United States derives from his being the defense attorney in Paris, France, of Ira Einhorn, the famous environmentalist, convicted in absentia of murder...
Rest of Cast
- Nicole Underhay as Dorm Roommate
- Robin WardRobin Ward (television)Robin Ward is a Canadian actor and television personality. He is known for hosting a 1980 revival of the American game show To Tell the Truth and later hosting a Canadian game show called Guess What...
as Debate Moderator - Jennifer Wigmore as Rita Siegel
- Kim RobertsKim RobertsKim Roberts is an award-winning American poet, author, and editor residing in Washington, D.C..-Life:Roberts was born in Charlotte, North Carolina...
as Jury Foreperson - Kim PoirierKim PoirierKim Poirier is a Canadian actress, singer, film producer, and television host.-Personal life:Kim Jacinthe Poirier was born in Drummondville, Quebec, the daughter of actress/model Carol Laquerre who was Miss Toronto in 1976, she has one sister. She enjoys watching movies, writing, meditating,...
as Affair Girl (scenes deleted) (uncredited)