The Survivors Club (film)

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The Survivors Club
Written by Lisa Gardner (book)
Nancey Silvers (teleplay)
Directed byChristopher Leitch
Starring Roma Downey
Jacqueline Bisset
Brian Markinson
Lauren Lee Smith
Theme music composer Douglas J. Cuomo
Country of originCanada
United States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersLynne Bespflug
Christopher Leitch
Cinematography Paul Sarossy
EditorJohn Duffy
Running time85 min
Production company CBS
Original release
Release7 March 2004 (2004-03-07)

The Survivors Club is a 2004 CBS television film directed by Christopher Leitch and starring Roma Downey, Jacqueline Bisset and Lauren Lee Smith as rape survivors. It is based on Lisa Gardner's novel of the same name. It premiered on 7 March 2004.

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Plot

Jilian (Downey), Carol (Bisset) and Meg (Smith) share a devastating ordeal, they were all rape victims of a vicious killer. They decide to help the police in their hunt for the perpetrator. However, on the first day of his trial he is assassinated by a sniper. His death makes suspects of the three women as a murder case enfolds. [1]

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References

  1. The Survivor's Club Locate TV. Retrieved on 9 October 2010