Director: | Joyce Chopra |
Composer: | Patrick Williams |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Cinematography: | James Glennon |
Editor: | Robert Florio |
Runtime: | 93 minutes |
Network: | CBS |
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face is an American crime drama television film directed by Joyce Chopra and written by Derek Marlowe and Dennis Turner. It is suggested by the autobiography of the same name by Edna Buchanan. It stars Elizabeth Montgomery as Buchanan, with Dennis Farina, Yaphet Kotto, and Audra Lindley in supporting roles. The film premiered on CBS on March 27, 1994, and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for its title song "Something Is Out There".
Drew Voros of Variety concluded his review by stating, "The Corpse Had a Familiar Face may seem to be a painful stretch of believability."[1] David Hiltbrand of People called the film "a play in two distinct acts, neither of them terribly cohesive."[2]