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People vs. Jean Harris

05/07/1981

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2hrs 27min

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Crime

,Drama

,Romance

,TV Movie

STORY

This dramatic re-enactment premiered a mere nine weeks after the actual headline-making trial of the refined private school headmistress who was convicted of the murder of her unfaithful lover, Dr. Herman Tarnower, the famed "Scarsdale Diet" author.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Ellen Burstyn
  • Martin Balsam
  • Richard Dysart
  • Peter Coyote
  • Priscilla Morrill

    Directors

  • George Schaefer
  • Frederic B. Blankfein
  • Anna Reid

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • PKO Television

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Ellen Burstyn

Jean Harris

Martin Balsam

Joel Aurnou

Richard Dysart

Judge Russell R. Leggett

Peter Coyote

George Bolen

Priscilla Morrill

Juanita Edwards

Sarah Marshall

Suzanne Van der Vreken

Millie Slavin

Narrator (voice)

Marlyn McAvoy

Bonnie

Sari Price

Court Officer

Al Ruscio

Det. Siciliano