
Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean Harris.
Cast

Annette Bening
Jean Harris

Ben Kingsley
Herman Tarnower

Cloris Leachman
Pearl "Billie" Schwartz

Lawrence O'Donnell
Judge Leggett

Frank Whaley
George Bolen

Bill Smitrovich
Joel Arnou

Frances Fisher
Marge Richey Jacobson

Michael Gross
Leslie Jacobson

Ronald Guttman
Henri

John Patrick Amedori
Young David Harris
Brad McCoy
Young Jimmy Harris

John Rubinstein
Tarnower's Best Friend

Brett Butler
Tarnower's Ex #1

Lee Garlington
Tarnower's Ex #2

Ellen Burstyn
Former Tarnower Steady

Cristine Rose
Suzanne

Jessica Tuck
Wife #1

Robert Cicchini
Det. Siciliano

Michael Paul Chan
Dr. Louis Roh

Nan Martin
Mama Tarnower

Mary McDonnell
Vivian Schulte

Philip Baker Hall
Arthur Schulte

Chloƫ Sevigny
Lynne Tryforos

Jessica Kate Meyer
Debbie

Larry Drake
Harris Defense Team Psychiatrist

Lisa Edelstein
Forensic Psychologist

Dean Norris
Sporting Goods Clerk

Lauren Storm
Favorite Madeira Student

Kirsten Nelson
TV Interviewer

Caroline Lagerfelt
Madeira School Administrator

Jlynn Johnson
Madeira Alumna

Vicki Davis
Madeira Senior

Margaret Easley
Carol Potts
Timothy Rettele
David Harris
Michael Moore
Jimmy Harris
Douglas Caldwell
Dancer
J.C. Crimp
Dancer
Michael Grier
Dancer
Michael Higgins
Dancer
Birl Jonns
Dancer
Jack Mattis
Dancer
Stan Mazin
Dancer
Douglas Barry Meyers
Dancer
Regan Patno
Dancer
George Ratliff
Dancer
Roger Ritenour
Dancer
Dom Salinaro
Dancer
Darin Poulson Sanone
Dancer

Blane Savage
Dancer
Wiley Hicks Simpson
Dancer
Ted Sprague
Dancer
Larry Strauss
Dancer

Mic Thompson
Dancer
Jerry Trent
Dancer
Carey Ysais
Dancer

Troy Christian
Dancer (uncredited)
Heidemarie Fuentes
Crying Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Michael Gier
Dancer (uncredited)

Courtney Hope
Madeira Student (uncredited)
Summer LeAnn
Catholic School Girl (uncredited)

Andy Milder
Journalist (uncredited)

Phaedra Neitzel
Student (uncredited)
Rachel Paquin
Tarnower's Date (uncredited)

John H. Tobin
Man (uncredited)
Melissa Zanit
Madeira Student (uncredited)

Scot Zeller
Reporter (uncredited)
Crew

Phyllis Nagy
Director, Screenplay
Shana Alexander
Book
Curtiss Clayton
Editor

Lee Percy
Editor

Christine Vachon
Executive Producer

John Wells
Executive Producer

Pamela Koffler
Executive Producer
Elizabeth Karlsen
Executive Producer
Chrisann Verges
Producer
Juanita Diane Feeney
Associate Producer
Timothy Bird
Associate Producer
Alison Dominitz
Production Design
Libby Goldstein
Casting

Junie Lowry-Johnson
Casting

Julie Weiss
Costume Design

Alex Wurman
Original Music Composer
Barbara Munch
Set Decoration
Marlene McCarty
Title Designer
Troy Sizemore
Art Direction
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