Descending Angel

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Descending Angel
GenreDrama
Thriller
War
Written by Robert J. Seigel (teleplay and story)
Grace Woodard (teleplay and story)
Alan Sharp (teleplay)
Directed by Jeremy Kagan
Starring George C. Scott
Diane Lane
Eric Roberts
Music by James Newton Howard
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers Freyda Rothstein
Carol Gordon Morra (co-producer)
Robert J. Siegel (co-producer)
Barbara Shrier (line producer)
Production locations 952 Green Valley Crescent, Ottawa, Ontario
Montreal
Cinematography Lajos Koltai
Running time98 minutes
Production company HBO Pictures
Release
Original networkHBO
Original releaseNovember 25, 1990 (1990-11-25)

Descending Angel is a 1990 television film that aired on HBO starring George C. Scott, Diane Lane and Eric Roberts.

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Plot

A recently engaged man (Roberts) comes to visit his fiancée (Lane)'s future father-in-law (Scott) and gets to know him better, when he unearths clues that the man may have been a Nazi collaborator and mass murderer.

Cast


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