| Forgotten Sins | |
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| Genre | Drama | 
| Based on | "Remembering Satan" by Lawrence Wright  | 
| Written by | T. S. Cook | 
| Directed by | Dick Lowry | 
| Starring | |
| Music by | Mark Snow | 
| Country of origin | United States | 
| Original language | English | 
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Kenneth Kaufman | 
| Producer | Nancy Hardin | 
| Cinematography | Henry M. Lebo | 
| Editor | William B. Stich | 
| Running time | 100 minutes | 
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| Original release | |
| Network | ABC | 
| Release | March 7, 1996 | 
Forgotten Sins is a 1996 American drama television film directed by Dick Lowry and written by T. S. Cook. It is based on Lawrence Wright's two-part article "Remembering Satan", about the real-life case of Paul Ingram, which appeared in the May 17 and May 24, 1993 issues of The New Yorker . [1] It originally aired on ABC on March 7, 1996. [2]
It stars William Devane as Richard Ofshe, "a role to which William Devane brings his customary bristling panache" wrote Dorothy Rabinowitz in The Wall Street Journal . [2] John Shea also stars as Matthew Bradshaw, a fictional character based on Paul Ingram. [3] Bess Armstrong portrays Roberta 'Bobbie' Bradshaw, a character based on Sandy Ingram. [2] Doogie Howser's Lisa Dean Ryan co-stars.