Beyond the Call Movie Review 1996

Connecticut housewife Pam O'Brien (Spacek) learns from the paper that her high-school sweetheart Russell Cates (Strathairn) is on death row in South Carolina for killing a cop and his execution has been scheduled within weeks. Pam writes Russell and then hears from his sister Fran (Wright), who urges Pam to visit her brother and get him to apply for a clemency hearing. Husband Keith (Howard) becomes angry and alarmed as Pam gets more involved with Russell and his case, which hinges on Russell's Vietnam experiences and post-traumatic shock syndrome.

Distribution

Hallmark Home Entertainment, 6100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (213)634-3000, Fax: (213)549-3760, Remarks: Lainie Handelman, Mktg.

Available on VHS
Running time 101 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Men in Prison, Death Row

Screenplay

Doug Magee

Cast

David Strathairn, Sissy Spacek, Arliss Howard, Janet Wright

Cinematography

Jean Lepine

Director

Tony Bill

Music

George S. Clinton

Producer

Helen Buck Bartlett, Tony Bill, Doug Magee, Robert Christiansen, Rick Rosenberg, Hallmark Entertainment, Showtime