This dramatic re-enactment premiered a mere nine weeks after the actual headline-making trial of the refined private school headmistress who was convicted of the murder of her unfaithful lover, Dr. Herman Tarnower, the famed "Scarsdale Diet" author.
Cast
Ellen Burstyn
Jean Harris
Martin Balsam
Joel Aurnou
Richard Dysart
Judge Russell R. Leggett
Peter Coyote
George Bolen
Priscilla Morrill
Juanita Edwards
Sarah Marshall
Suzanne Van der Vreken
Millie Slavin
Narrator (voice)
Marlyn McAvoy
Bonnie
Sari Price
Court Officer
Al Ruscio
Det. Siciliano
David Cramer
Guard
David Cooper
Mr. Lalla
Milton Selzer
Dr. Roth
Alvin Ing
Dr. Louis Roh
Alan Manson
Dr. Henry Francis Ryan
Christopher Curry
Officer McKenna
Lesley Woods
Clerk
Glenn Carlson
Vonglan, the Jury Foreman
Crew
George Schaefer
Director, Producer
George Lefferts
Writer
Danny White
Editor
Harold V. McKenzie
Editor
Frederic B. Blankfein
First Assistant Director
Nan Bernstein Freed
Production Coordinator
Paul Klein
Executive Producer
George Falardeau
Camera Operator
Reed Howard
Camera Operator
Roy Holm
Camera Operator
Rory O'Connor
Camera Operator
Susan Bluestein
Casting
Marsha Kleinman
Casting
Noel Taylor
Costume Design
Paul LeBlanc
Hairstylist
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
John Freschi
Lighting Director
Brad Fiedel
Original Music Composer
Marilyn Church
Technical Advisor
O. Tamburri
Technical Supervisor
Anna Reid
Continuity, Researcher
Chuck Smith
Production Manager
J. Boyce Harman Jr.
Unit Production Manager
Jim Styles
Unit Manager
Warren Clymer
Art Direction
Otto Salamon
Supervising Producer
Adrienne Luraschi
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