Death Scream Explained

Genre:Crime
Drama
Director:Richard T. Heffron
Starring:Lucie Arnaz
Edward Asner
Eric Braeden
Art Carney
Diahann Carroll
Kate Jackson
Cloris Leachman
Tina Louise
Nancy Walker
Raul Julia
John P. Ryan
Phillip Clark
Theme Music Composer:Gil Melle
Country:United States
Language:English
Executive Producer:Ron Bernstein
Producer:Deanne Barkley
Howard Rosenman
Donald March
Editor:David Newhouse
Cinematography:Gene Polito
Runtime:96 minutes
Company:Robert Stigwood Organization
Network:ABC

Death Scream is a 1975 American made-for-television crime drama film loosely based on an actual event concerning the real-life account of "a young woman whose murder was witnessed by fifteen of her neighbors who did nothing to help and refused to cooperate with the police."[1] It originally aired on ABC on September 26, 1975.

The film had the working title of Homicide, and its rerun title was The Woman Who Cried Murder.

Premise

On March 13, 1964, Catherine "Kitty" Genovese was attacked and viciously stabbed several times by a psychopath while nearby residents watched but did nothing to help.

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Marill, Alvin H. Movies Made For Television, Da Capo Press, Inc., reprint by arrangement with Arlington House Publishers, New York, NY, 1980.