The Two Mr. Kissels Explained

Director:Ed Bianchi
Starring:John Stamos
Anson Mount
Robin Tunney
Gretchen Egolf
Music:Reinhold Heil
Johnny Klimek
Country:United States
Language:English
Executive Producer:Dan Wigutow
Producer:Terry Gould
John Stamos
Editor:David Ray
Cinematography:Teodoro Maniaci
Runtime:86 minutes
Company:Dan Wigutow Productions
Lifetime Network
Network:Lifetime

The Two Mr. Kissels is a 2008 American made-for-television true crime drama film directed by Ed Bianchi and starring John Stamos, Anson Mount, Gretchen Egolf and Robin Tunney. It chronicles the lives and murders of brothers Robert and Andrew Kissel. It originally premiered on Lifetime on November 15, 2008.

Plot

The film starts with the murder of narrator Andrew Kissel (John Stamos), and is told through a series of flashbacks and documentary interviews, telling the story of how embezzling real estate mogul Andrew and his younger Wall Street broker brother, Robert (Anson Mount) meet their untimely ends. The two men compete for the affection of their disapproving father, and try to one-up each other with Robert marrying social climber Nancy (Robin Tunney) and having three children, while Andrew marries TV news analyst Haley (Gretchen Egolf). Nancy starts having an affair and kills her husband in Hong Kong, while Andrew starts doing drugs. Nancy is convicted for Robert's murder and sentenced to life in a Hong Kong women's prison, while Andrew's driver Juan Castillo is arrested for Andrew's murder. Nancy and Robert's daughters are in the custody of his sister, while Haley starts using her maiden name and returns to work.

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