Skeletons

A heart attack moves a Pulitzer-winning journalist to leave New York for the peace of a small New England town, but he soon finds himself pulled into a case of a man accused of killing his gay lover with a shovel blade.

Cast

Ron Silver

as Peter Crane

Christopher Plummer

as Reverend Carlyle

Dee Wallace

as Heather Crane

Kyle Howard

as Zach Crane

James Coburn

as Frank Jove

Arlene Golonka

as Melanie Jove

D. Paul Thomas

as Sheriff Joe Carlton

Paul Bartel

as Mayor Harley Dunbar

David Graf

as Sam

Patrick Thomas

as Toby Carlyle (as Pat Thomas)

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