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| The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer | |
|---|---|
| Based on | The Unicorn's Secret by Steven Levy |
| Written by | Bruce Graham |
| Directed by | William A. Graham |
| Starring | Naomi Watts, Kevin Anderson, Tom Skerritt |
| Music by | Chris Boardman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Arnon Milchan, Dan Wigutow |
| Cinematography | Ralf D. Bode |
| Running time | 165 minutes |
| Production companies | Dan Wigutow Productions Regency Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | May 9 – May 10, 1999 |
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer is a thriller/drama TV film that first aired on NBC in 1999 as a two-part miniseries.
It starred Kevin Anderson, Naomi Watts, and Tom Skerritt. Anderson plays 1970s activist and purported Earth Day co-founder Ira Einhorn, who is charged with, and later convicted in absentia of, the murder of his girlfriend Holly Maddux (played by Watts). Skerritt plays Maddux's father, who tries to bring Einhorn to justice.
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Ira Samuel Einhorn, known as "The Unicorn Killer", was an American environmental activist and convicted murderer. His moniker, "the Unicorn", was derived from his surname; Einhorn means "unicorn" in German. As an environmental activist, Einhorn was a speaker at the first Earth Day event in Philadelphia in 1970. On September 9, 1977, Einhorn's ex-girlfriend Holly Maddux disappeared following a trip to collect her belongings from the apartment she and Einhorn had shared in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Eighteen months later, police found her partially decomposed body in a trunk in Einhorn's closet.
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Dominique Tricaud is a lawyer whose fame in the United States derives from his being the defense attorney in Paris, France of Ira Einhorn, the famous environmentalist, convicted in absentia of murder. Tricaud claimed he had never lost an extradition case and that "the French will not send a man back to a barbaric country where he was tried without being present to defend himself". Tricaud eventually lost the case and Einhorn was convicted of the murder of his girlfriend, Holly Maddux, in the United States. The Einhorn case was the basis for the TV film The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer in 1999. Einhorn was convicted in the United States in 2001. He was also the advocate for Jean Germain, mayor of Tours, who died before standing trial.
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