Telling Secrets Explained

Screenplay:	Jennifer Miller
Director:	Marvin J. Chomsky
Starring:	Cybill Shepherd
Theme Music Composer:	Mark Snow
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Producer:	Jennifer Miller Dan Witt
Editor:	Anita Brandt Burgoyne
Cinematography:	Isidore Mankofsky
Runtime:	240 minutes
Company:	Patchett Kaufman Entertainment World International Network
Network:	ABC

Telling Secrets (a.k.a. Contract for Murder) is a 1993 American television film directed by Marvin J. Chomsky and starring Cybill Shepherd.^[1]
It is based on the true story of Joy Aylor, who plots the murder of her adulterous husband's mistress.^[2]

Cast

Cybill Shepherd as Faith Kelsey
Ken Olin as Det. Jay Jensen
James McCaffrey as Jackson Merrick
Christopher McDonald as Terry Kelsey
Gary Grubbs as Det. Ron Taylor
Andrew Robinson as Dr. Phillip Eckhart
G.D. Spradlin as Walter Jefferson
Dylan Walsh as Jesse Graham
Melora Walters as Karen Blake
Mary Kay Place as Shelley Jefferson Carp
Anne Haney as Grace Jefferson
Lynn Milgrim as Gloria Marsh
Ann Risley as Sally DeVries
Nick Young as Highway Patrolman (uncredited)

Reception

David Hiltbrand of People graded the film a B.^[3]

Notes and References

Web site: Loynd. Ray. TV REVIEWS : For Cybill Shepherd, 'Telling Secrets' of a Femme Fatale. 16 January 1993. Los Angeles Times. 4 July 2020.
Web site: True crime: The Lake Highlands mom and the hit man. 18 March 2014. lakehighlands.advocatemag.com. 15 November 2020.
Web site: Hiltbrand. David. Picks and Pans Review: Telling Secrets. 18 January 1993. People. 4 July 2020.