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Starr Andreeff, Jeanetta Arnette, John Ashton, Conrad Bachmann, William Boyett ... see more see more... , Maia Brewton , Joshua Bryant , Billy Green Bush , Cecile Callan , Frederick Coffin , Tom Dahlgren , Rad Daly , Steve Eastin , Terry Farrell , Frederic Forrest , Timothy Gibbs , Deborah Goodrich , George Grizzard , Frank Hamilton , Mark Harmon , Eric Hart , Chip Heller , Virginia Kiser , Michael Laurence , Rick Lieberman , Emily Longstreth , Ben Masters , Macon McCalman , Tom McFadden , Dick McGarvin , Harry Northrup , Glynnis O'Connor , Lawrence Pressman , Jack Rader , Maggie Roswell , Ann Ryerson , Kevin Scannell , Sheri Stoner , Greg Stuart , Joe Unger , M. Emmet Walsh , Elaine Wilkes , Rita Zohar , Fred Lerner , Julie Philips , Leilani Sarelle , Will Jeffries , Robert Balderson , Dan Chambers , Roger Hampton , Molly Fontaine , Peter Vogt , Jill Andre , Bonnie Bartlett

Mark Harmon stars as baby-faced serial killer Ted Bundy in this sobering 2-part TV movie. Ostensibly the archetypal All-American boy, Bundy was, from 1974 onward, responsible for the rapes and murders... read more read more... of several young women in the Pacific Northwest. The clues begin to mount when one of Bundy's victims manages to escape; she can only say that her assailant was a fellow named Ted who drives a yellow Volkswagen. Finally arrested after he moves from Seattle to Utah, Bundy is so certain of his superiority over the general run of human beings that he conducts his own defense at his trial; then, when extradited to Colorado, he escapes, triggering a desperate nationwide manhunt. At the time Deliberate Stranger was first telecast on May 5 and 6, 1986, Theodore Bundy was on Death Row, still contesting his sentence and seeking a legal way out. When time came for his execution, Bundy attempted several bizarre last-minute "stays," which would make intriguing subject matter should someone want to make a follow-up film. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Unrated, 3 hr. 8 min.

Directed by: Marvin J. Chomsky

Release Date: May 4, 1986

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DVD Release Date: March 3, 1993

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  • ScoopOnline
    December 22, 2009
    ScoopOnline
    Mark Harmon was very convincing as Ted Bundy.
  • falcol242
    October 20, 2008
    falcol242
    This movie was terrible! I've never really been assaulted by music until I sat through this. I was watching this with a friend and we both thought the music was trying to pick a fight. Towards the end, we were more than happy to oblige.

    And I want to know who makes a film about... read more a serial killer, and decides that the cops in Seattle talking about getting a computer is more interesting.

    I have to say, my favorite part of this movie is where Bundy is in jail in Colorado. He decides to escape. So he lifts himself up into the ventilation shaft that's inside of his cell, and after crawling about for a few moments (which actually seemed like years because of the music) he drops out of the shaft and lands in some apartment in Florida.

    How were we able to catch a teleporter?
  • cmrnlewis
    July 9, 2008
    cmrnlewis
    This was a heck of a TV movie, very chilling. Mark Harmon plays the charming and deadly Ted Bundy. Great performance.

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