Rating: R
Genre:
Mystery
Release Date: 04/23/2002
SubTitles: Espanol
Run Time: 90 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: MTI Home Video
In 1930s Hamilton, Ontario, after her husband's corpse is discovered in the woods without its head or limbs, beautiful would-be socialite
Evelyn Dick (
Kathleen Robertson) is arrested by Canadian police for the murder. Her ever-changing jailhouse testimony leads
Inspector Woods (
Callum Keith Rennie) in various directions as the devoted detective tries to piece together a coherent chain of events and motives. But once
Dick's manipulative mother (
Brenda Fricker) is implicated in the scheme,
Dick's story changes again, this time with twist that leads to a tragic denouement. Her future in grave danger -- her sentence could be death by hanging --
Dick hires attorney
J.J. Robinette (
Victor Garber) for one last attempt at freedom.
~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide