The Familiar Stranger | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Alan Hines |
Directed by | Alan Metzger |
Starring | Margaret Colin Jay O. Sanders |
Music by | Craig Safan |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Terry Gould |
Cinematography | Rhett Morita |
Editor | Pamela Malouf |
Running time | 91 minutes |
Production companies | Andrea Baynes Productions Hearst Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | Lifetime |
Release | March 12, 2001 |
The Familiar Stranger is a 2001 American drama television film directed by Alan Metzger. It stars Margaret Colin and Jay O. Sanders. [1]
It is based on the true story of Patrick Welsh [2] , happily married with 2 sons. But he has committed money fraud. Feeling the heat, he fakes his suicide and abandons his family. He is eventually found in Maine (Galveston, TX in real life).