The Executioner's Song
Crime
Drama
The story of two people who fell in love.....and kept on falling.
In this fact-based made-for TV film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to Utah. Before long, Gary begins an ill-advised romance with the troubled Nicole Baker, a teenage single mother. As their relationship quickly deteriorates, Gary goes on a murderous rampage, leaving two dead. During his trial, he demands capital punishment; a media circus ensues and outsiders look to profit from his story.
1982-09-10
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Cast
Tommy Lee Jones as Gary Mark Gilmore
Christine Lahti as Brenda Nicol
Rosanna Arquette as Nicole Baker
Eli Wallach as Vern Damico
Steven Keats as Larry Samuels
Richard Venture as Earl Dorius
Jenny Wright as April Baker
Pat Corley as Val Conlan
Walter Olkewicz as Pete Galovan
Jim Youngs as Sterling Baker
Grace Zabriskie as Kathryne Baker
John Chappell as Ron Stanger
Rance Howard as Lt. Nelson
Charles Cyphers as Noall Wootton
Bruce Newbold as Max Jensen