

115 minutes
4/29/1997
A mother is so consumed with a possessive love for her son that she may have committed murder in order to keep him by her side. When the son's new wife is found murdered, the mother is arrested for the crime. In denial about his mother's guilt, the son, a successful lawyer, agrees to defend her. Based on a true story.

Judith Light
as Diana Donahue

Rick Schroder
as Nick Donahue

Sarah Trigger
as Abby Fletcher

Dorothy Gordon
as Mrs. Jane Sweeney

Ruth Marshall
as Adrienne

John Nelles
as Brian Moffett

Peter MacNeill
as Judge Sorenson

Sugith Varughese
as Henry Singh

Allegra Fulton
as Gloria Lopez

Isai Rivera Blas
as Humberto Lopez

Harry Lennix
as Prosecuting Attorney
Don Allison
as Ted Barnes

James Kidnie
as Woody Ryan
Christopher Kelk
as Jackson
Domenic Cina
as Witness
Kenner Ames
as Carl

Anthony Sherwood
as Cop Gillespie

Dawn Greenhalgh
as Judge Abernathy

Martin Roach
as Patrolman