Attack on Fear (1984)
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Attack on Fear was based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning series of newspaper articles by Dave and Cathy Mitchell. Paul Michael Glaser and Linda Kelsey play the Michaels, who labor away at a tiny California daily. Upon hearing of iniquities at the famed Santa Monica drug-rehab center Synanon, the Michaels begin publishing their evidence. Despite legal pressure from Synanon and bizarre anonymously mailed threats, the Mitchells' story results in a major investigation of the revered institution. Completed in 1982, the made-for-TV Attack on Fear was not telecast until October of 1984, and then only after (presumably) being reshaped to satisfy Synanon's battery of attorneys. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Mel Damski
Synopsis of Attack on Fear
Attack on Fear was based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning series of newspaper articles by Dave and Cathy Mitchell. Paul Michael Glaser and Linda Kelsey play the Michaels, who labor away at a tiny California daily. Upon hearing of iniquities at the famed Santa Monica drug-rehab center Synanon, the Michaels begin publishing their evidence. Despite legal pressure from Synanon and bizarre anonymously mailed threats, the Mitchells' story results in a major investigation of the revered institution. Completed in 1982, the made-for-TV Attack on Fear was not telecast until October of 1984, and then only after (presumably) being reshaped to satisfy Synanon's battery of attorneys. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Attack on Fear
- Hugh Reilly - Lofgren
- Marion Kodama Yue - Katie Masato
- Edith Fields - Doris Gambonini
- Tom Lowell - Paul Morantz
- Joseph Chapman - Agent
- Jody Carter - Artistic Lady
- Jackson Gregory - Thompson
- Gary Bayer - Veteran Reporter
- Kimberly Howard - Harper's Wife
- Dondi Bastone - College Student
- Kathleen Hiethals - Jesse
- David Key - Cameraman
- Joe Handy - Reporter
- James Cooney - Synanon Driver
- Pat McGilligan - George
- Linda Kelsey - Cathy Mitchell
- Kevin Conway - Richard Ofshe
- Paul Michael Glaser - Dave Mitchell
- John Harkins - Tom Banner
- Wendy Goldman - Gail
- Macon McCalman - Mr. Bledsoe
- John H. Fields - Al Gambonini
- Nicholas Mele - Tony
- Cheryl Francis Harrington - Tammy
- Davis Roberts - Seth Anderson
- Patricia Parris - Bonnie
- Cater Cole - Harper
- Erin Patricia Boyd - Ex-Prostitute
- Biff Yeager - Tough Detective
- Robert Ruth - John
- Mary Armantrout - Female Reporter
- Chris Pina - Peter
- J.W. Smith - Synanon Man
- Barbara Babcock - Jane Dutton
- Alan Fudge - Art Disterhoft
- Tom Villard - Keith
- Jerry Hardin - Sheriff Bergus
- Director(s):
- Mel Damski
- Writer(s):
- T.S. Cook
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