My Father's Shadow: The Sam Sheppard Story (1998)
- Starring:
- Peter Strauss, Henry Czerny, (more)
- Director(s):
- Peter Levin
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of My Father's Shadow: The Sam Sheppard Story
One of the most sensational crime stories of the 1950s was the murder trial of Cleveland doctor Sam Sheppard, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of his wife. Though he protested his innocence and insisted that he'd seen a "curly-haired man" leaving his house on the night of the crime, Sheppard was condemned in the court of public opinion long before the judge handed out his sentence. (This true story served as the basis for the long-running TV series The Fugitive.) Years later, Sheppard was released from prison after it was determined that he hadn't had a fair trial, but his name was never officially cleared. Forty years after the death of his mother, Sheppard's son Sam Reese made it his mission in life to prove beyond all reasonable doubt that his father was innocent. In this TV movie adaptation of the younger Sheppard's autobiographical book, Peter Strauss is seen as Dr. Sam Sheppard, and Henry Czerny as Sam Reese. My Father's Shadow: The Sam Sheppard Story made its CBS network bow on November 17, 1998. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 90 mins
Complete Cast of My Father's Shadow: The Sam Sheppard Story
- Peter Strauss - Dr. Sam Sheppard
- Ralph Small
- Bradley Reid - Sam Reese (youth)
- James Douglas - R.A. Sheppard
- Ken Kramer - Dr. Samuel Gerber
- Michael J. Reynolds - Judge Suster
- Scott Wickware - Off. Exner
- Mark-Cameron Fraser - Young Eberling
- Madhuri Bhatia - Dr. Elizabeth Balraj
- Nora Sheehan - Mrs. Gilbert
- Timm Zemanek - Pastor Demski
- Stephen Walsh - Older Lund
- Pat Moffatt - Eleanor Blanchard
- Colin Doyle - Young Lund
- Trulie MacLeod - Esther Houk
- Fiona Highet - Susan Hayes
- Henry Czerny - Sam Reese Sheppard
- Lindsay Frost - Marilyn Sheppard
- David Bolt - Russ Siler
- Janet-Laine Green - Ariane
- Gary Reineke - Judge Blythin
- Heather Smith - Candy Romano
- Barry Kennedy - Les Hovesten
- Nicole Crozier - Alisa
- Jonathan Kroeker - Sam Reese (teen)
- Judy Sinclair - Mrs. Avery
- Norman Edwards - Ethel Sheppard
- Richard Partington - Spen Houk
- Philip Craig - Prosecutor Mahon
- Patrick Gallagher - Lou Romano
- Roger Dunn - Corrigan
- John Bourgeois - Robert
- Director(s):
- Peter Levin
- Producer(s):
- Christine Sacani
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