The pious John List regularly goes to church and is respected by his neighbours. But one day the police finds his wife Helen and their three children slayed in their house - obviously by John, who left two letters for the police and his priest and disappeared. Chief Richland is disgusted by the murder and starts an intensive investigation. In flashbacks we learn about the history of the disaster.
Acting
Robert Blake's unsettling restraint — chillingly ordinary evil.
Direction
Bobby Roth's flashback structure builds dread without exploitation.
Director
Bobby Roth
Robert Blake
John List
Beverly D'Angelo
Helen List
David Caruso
Chief Bob Richland
Melinda Dillon
Eleanor
Alice Krige
Jean Syfert
David Purdham
Gene Syfert
Micole Mercurio
Wanda
Carroll Baker
Alma List
Tom Butler
Michael Linder
Garry Chalk
Tom Walton
Roger Cross
Dennis
Gina Gallego
Janet
Gabrielle Miller
Patty List
Jesse Moss
Freddie List
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