Telling Secrets Explained

Screenplay:	Jennifer Miller
Director:	Marvin J. Chomsky
Starring:	Cybill Shepherd
Theme Music Composer:	Mark Snow
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Producer:	Jennifer Miller Dan Witt
Editor:	Anita Brandt Burgoyne
Cinematography:	Isidore Mankofsky
Runtime:	240 minutes
Company:	Patchett Kaufman Entertainment World International Network
Network:	ABC

Telling Secrets (a.k.a. Contract for Murder) is a 1993 American television film directed by Marvin J. Chomsky and starring Cybill Shepherd.^[1]
It is based on the true story of Joy Aylor, who plots the murder of her adulterous husband's mistress.^[2]

Cast

• Cybill Shepherd as Faith Kelsey
• Ken Olin as Det. Jay Jensen
• James McCaffrey as Jackson Merrick
• Christopher McDonald as Terry Kelsey
• Gary Grubbs as Det. Ron Taylor
• Andrew Robinson as Dr. Phillip Eckhart
• G.D. Spradlin as Walter Jefferson
• Dylan Walsh as Jesse Graham
• Melora Walters as Karen Blake
• Mary Kay Place as Shelley Jefferson Carp
• Anne Haney as Grace Jefferson
• Lynn Milgrim as Gloria Marsh
• Ann Risley as Sally DeVries
• Nick Young as Highway Patrolman (uncredited)

Reception

David Hiltbrand of People graded the film a B.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Loynd. Ray. TV REVIEWS : For Cybill Shepherd, 'Telling Secrets' of a Femme Fatale. 16 January 1993. Los Angeles Times. 4 July 2020.
2. Web site: True crime: The Lake Highlands mom and the hit man. 18 March 2014. lakehighlands.advocatemag.com. 15 November 2020.
3. Web site: Hiltbrand. David. Picks and Pans Review: Telling Secrets. 18 January 1993. People. 4 July 2020.