Witness to the Execution

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Witness to the Execution
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GenreCrime
Drama
Written byKeith Pierce
Priscilla Prestwidge
Thomas Baum
Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace
Starring Sean Young
Tim Daly
Music by Mark Snow
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersFrederick S. Pierce
Keith Pierce
Richard Pierson
ProducerCasey Lee Justice
Production location Houston
Cinematography Richard Leiterman
EditorPatrick Kennedy
Running time96 minutes
Production companyFrederick S. Pierce Company
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseFebruary 13, 1994 (1994-02-13)

Witness to the Execution is a 1994 American made-for-television drama film directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and starring Tim Daly and Sean Young. Its plot concerns a fictional television network's desire to carry the live execution of a condemned killer as a pay-per-view event. It also portrays the events surrounding the attempt to create a television show about the execution. [1]

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  1. Ray Loynd (February 10, 1994). "Review: 'NBC Sunday Night at the Movies Witness to the Execution'". Variety . Retrieved 9 June 2015.