Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer
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| Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer | |
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| Written by | Albert Ruben |
| Directed by | Bill Persky |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Stephen J. Lawrence |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Production location | New York City |
| Cinematography | Fred Murphy |
| Editor | Norman Gay |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Production company | Grosso Jacobson |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | October 15, 1983 |
Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer is a television film starring George Segal, Shelley Hack and Tracy Pollan. It first aired on October 15, 1983, on the CBS television network. Produced by Sonny Grosso and Larry Jacobson,[1] the film was directed by Bill Persky.
Plot
[edit | edit source]The film follows the investigation into the 1973 rape and murder of a young Manhattan school teacher. The film is a made-for-television sequel to the 1977 theatrical film Looking for Mr. Goodbar (although all parts are recast and renamed), which itself was based on Judith Rossner's acclaimed 1975 best-selling novel of the same title. However, Trackdown opens with a disclaimer, disassociating itself from Rossner's novel.[2]
Cast
[edit | edit source]- George Segal as John Grafton, police detective investigating the murder of Mary Alice Nolan
- Shelley Hack as Logan Gay, schoolteacher for deaf children and Mary Alice's co-worker
- Alan North as Lieutenant Walter Belden
- Barton Heyman as Alan Cahill, John's lover, based on Geary Guest and George Prince (played by Richard Bright in Looking for Mr. Goodbar)
- Steve Allie Collura as Detective Steve Miscelli
- Shannon Presby as John Charles Turner, the killer, based on John Wayne Wilson and Gary Cooper White (played by Tom Berenger in Looking for Mr. Goodbar)
- Jean DeBaer as Betty Grafton, John's estranged wife
- Tracy Pollan as Eileen Grafton, John's daughter
- Marek Johnson as Mary Alice Nolan, the victim, based on Roseann Quinn and Theresa Dunn (played by Diane Keaton in Looking for Mr. Goodbar)
See also
[edit | edit source]- Looking for Mr. Goodbar (novel) by Judith Rossner
- Closing Time: The True Story of the Goodbar Murder
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Page, Tim. Television Week: Policeman Turned Producer. The New York Times, October 9, 1983. Accessed January 2, 2017.
- ^ Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer (1983). IMDb. Accessed January 2, 2017.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Categories:
- 1983 films
- 1983 television films
- American television films
- American English-language television shows
- Live action television shows based on films
- Television shows based on American novels
- Television shows set in New York City
- American crime films
- 1980s English-language films
- 1980s American films
- 1980s American television film stubs
- Crime film stubs