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The Corpse Had a Familiar Face (1994) (TV)
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27 March 1994 (USA) moreGenre:
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Nominated for Primetime Emmy. moreUser Comments:
A Miami Herald female reporter follows up closely the search of a desperate father for her missing teenage daughter. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Elizabeth Montgomery | ... | Edna Buchanan |
 | Dennis Farina | ... | Detective Harry Lindstrom |
 | Yaphet Kotto | ... | Detective Martin Talbot |
| Audra Lindley | ... | Monica / Edna's Mother |
 | Branscombe Richmond | ... | Rodriguez |
| LuAnne Ponce | ... | Jennifer Nicholson |
| Matthew Posey | ... | Sam |
 | David Spielberg | ... | George |
| Lee Horsley | ... | Ben Nicholson |
| Silvana Gallardo | ... | Mrs. Sanchez |
 | Kamar De Los Reyes | ... | Puerto Rican |
 | Carey Scott | ... | Billy |
| Kevin Patrick Walls | ... | Stephen Hollings |
| Ria Pavia | ... | Desk Clerk |
| Hugh Gillin | ... | Stanley |
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Followed by Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (1995) (TV) moreFAQ
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Elizabeth Montgomery is, as usual, perfect in her role as the real life journalist and Pulitzer Prize Winner Edna Buchanan in this film loosely based on her book, which highlights her 18 year career as a crime reporter in Miami, where she covered about 5000 violent deaths, more than 3000 of them, homicides. The film and the book, however, don't follow the trodden path of so many real-life crime stories, thanks to the detachment and humor which Buchanan imbues her work with, which gives a droll slant to her otherwise macabre stories. Furthermore, the script deals with only one case, which captures the spirit of both the author and the book, as Edna and some friends in the Miami Police Department (Dennis Farina, Yaphet Kotto) search for the missing teenage daughter of a distraught father, played by Lee Horsley. (The film has been retitled abroad as Daddy's girl).