Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean Harris.
Cast
Annette Bening
Jean Harris
Ben Kingsley
Herman Tarnower
Cloris Leachman
Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
Lawrence O'Donnell
Judge Leggett
Frank Whaley
George Bolen
Bill Smitrovich
Joel Arnou
Frances Fisher
Marge Richey Jacobson
Michael Gross
Leslie Jacobson
Ronald Guttman
Henri
John Patrick Amedori
Young David Harris
Brad McCoy
Young Jimmy Harris
John Rubinstein
Tarnower's Best Friend
Brett Butler
Tarnower's Ex #1
Lee Garlington
Tarnower's Ex #2
Ellen Burstyn
Former Tarnower Steady
Cristine Rose
Suzanne
Jessica Tuck
Wife #1
Robert Cicchini
Det. Siciliano
Michael Paul Chan
Dr. Louis Roh
Nan Martin
Mama Tarnower
Mary McDonnell
Vivian Schulte
Philip Baker Hall
Arthur Schulte
Chloë Sevigny
Lynne Tryforos
Jessica Kate Meyer
Debbie
Larry Drake
Harris Defense Team Psychiatrist
Lisa Edelstein
Forensic Psychologist
Dean Norris
Sporting Goods Clerk
Lauren Storm
Favorite Madeira Student
Kirsten Nelson
TV Interviewer
Caroline Lagerfelt
Madeira School Administrator
Jlynn Johnson
Madeira Alumna
Vicki Davis
Madeira Senior
Margaret Easley
Carol Potts
Timothy Rettele
David Harris
Michael Moore
Jimmy Harris
Douglas Caldwell
Dancer
J.C. Crimp
Dancer
Michael Grier
Dancer
Michael Higgins
Dancer
Birl Jonns
Dancer
Jack Mattis
Dancer
Stan Mazin
Dancer
Douglas Barry Meyers
Dancer
Regan Patno
Dancer
George Ratliff
Dancer
Roger Ritenour
Dancer
Dom Salinaro
Dancer
Darin Poulson Sanone
Dancer
Blane Savage
Dancer
Wiley Hicks Simpson
Dancer
Ted Sprague
Dancer
Larry Strauss
Dancer
Mic Thompson
Dancer
Jerry Trent
Dancer
Carey Ysais
Dancer
Troy Christian
Dancer (uncredited)
Heidemarie Fuentes
Crying Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Michael Gier
Dancer (uncredited)
Courtney Hope
Madeira Student (uncredited)
Summer LeAnn
Catholic School Girl (uncredited)
Andy Milder
Journalist (uncredited)
Phaedra Neitzel
Student (uncredited)
Rachel Paquin
Tarnower's Date (uncredited)
John H. Tobin
Man (uncredited)
Melissa Zanit
Madeira Student (uncredited)
Scot Zeller
Reporter (uncredited)
Crew
Phyllis Nagy
Director, Screenplay
Shana Alexander
Book
Lee Percy
Editor
Curtiss Clayton
Editor
Christine Vachon
Executive Producer
John Wells
Executive Producer
Elizabeth Karlsen
Executive Producer
Pamela Koffler
Executive Producer
Chrisann Verges
Producer
Juanita Diane Feeney
Associate Producer
Timothy Bird
Associate Producer
Alison Dominitz
Production Design
Libby Goldstein
Casting
Junie Lowry-Johnson
Casting
Julie Weiss
Costume Design
Alex Wurman
Original Music Composer
Barbara Munch
Set Decoration
Marlene McCarty
Title Designer
Troy Sizemore
Art Direction
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