Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Doug Magee |
Directed by | Frank Pierson |
Starring | Roy Scheider Bonnie Bedelia Robert Carradine |
Theme music composer | James Newton Howard |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | William Sackheim |
Producers | Alan Barnette Oscar L. Costo (co-producer) Mychelle Deschamps (associate producer) |
Cinematography | Bojan Bazelli |
Editor | Peter Zinner |
Running time | 104 minutes |
Production companies | HBO Pictures Alan Barnette Productions MCA Television Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | HBO |
Release | September 9, 1990 |
Somebody has to Shoot the Picture is a 1990 American made-for-television prison drama film written by photojournalist Doug Magee, inspired by his interviews with and photos of death row prisoners. The film was directed by Frank Pierson.
Cast
- Roy Scheider as Paul Marish, Photographer
- Bonnie Bedelia as Hannah McGrath
- Robert Carradine as Police Sgt. Jerry Brown
- Andre Braugher as Dan Weston, Time Magazine Reporter
- Arliss Howard as Raymond Eames
- Jay Glick as Prison chaplain
- John Polce as Executioner