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The Dead Will Tell

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Emily Parker (Anne Heche) is thrilled when her boyfriend, Billy (Jonathan LaPaglia), proposes to her with a beautiful antique ring. The joy is fleeting, however, when Emily starts seeing visions of the ring's previous owner (Leigh Jones), who she discovers was murdered years earlier. As Emily investigates further, she comes to believe that the dead woman is communicating with her in the hopes of bringing her killer to justice -- but as she gets closer to the truth, she may be in over her head.

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Audience Member In New Orleans, the lawyer Emily Parker (Anne Heche) meets the handsome Billy Hytner (Jonathan LaPaglia) by chance; they date and fall immediately in love for each other. One month later, Billy proposes her and gives an engagement ring he bought in an antiquary shop. From this moment on, Emily has visions of a weird woman and she decides to investigate about the previous owner of the antique ring. She discovers that the woman that is haunting her is Marie Salinger (Leigh Jones), who disappeared in 1969, and the police had found only her severed finger with the ring. Her fiancé Paul Hamlin (Chris Sarandon) was accused of the murder but considered not-guilty by the jury. Meanwhile, Emily meets Billy's parents and is not accepted by her future mother-in-law Beth Hytner (Kathleen Quinlan). Emily continues to investigate the murder, disclosing the truth about Marie's death. "The Dead Will Tell" is a simple, but attractive ghost story. The cast is excellent, and Anne Heche is very beautiful in the role of a woman obsessed for the truth. This low-budget television movie has a good screenplay, nice locations, very few special effects and I liked this romantic supernatural story. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member not enough Eva Longoria and not scary enough. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member not bad for a movie for tv type of movie. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member not enough Eva Longoria and not scary enough. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Good movie . It was good to see Eva not flaunting her body. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member A great suspence/horror movie...alot better than 'What Lies Beneath'. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Emily Parker (Anne Heche) is thrilled when her boyfriend, Billy (Jonathan LaPaglia), proposes to her with a beautiful antique ring. The joy is fleeting, however, when Emily starts seeing visions of the ring's previous owner (Leigh Jones), who she discovers was murdered years earlier. As Emily investigates further, she comes to believe that the dead woman is communicating with her in the hopes of bringing her killer to justice -- but as she gets closer to the truth, she may be in over her head.
Director
Stephen Kay
Producer
Salli Newman, Anne Heche
Screenwriter
Mark H. Kruger, Nancy Fichman, Jennifer Hoppe
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 36m