Skeletons(1997)
Beneath the surface, nothing is what it seems.
A heart attack moves a Pulitzer winning journalist to leave NY 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 the blade of a shovel. Wanting to keep the case quiet, the town turns against the journalist and his family when he begins digging into its secrets, until finally the accused man is found hanging in his cell and the truth comes out about more than just the killing.
Movie: Skeletons
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Peter Crane
Reverend Carlyle
Heather Crane
Zach Crane
Frank Jove
Melanie Jove
Mayor Harley Dunbar
Sam
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A heart attack moves a Pulitzer winning journalist to leave NY 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 the blade of a shovel. Wanting to keep the case quiet, the town turns against the journalist and his family when he begins digging into its secrets, until finally the accused man is found hanging in his cell and the truth comes out about more than just the killing.
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1997-04-04
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Beneath the surface, nothing is what it seems.
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