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Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story

Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story

1991TV Movie⏱️ 1h 33m
Drama
7.1
IMDB Rating
116 votes

A "true crime" docu-drama: in July 1982, Al and Rosemary Podgis were shot dead in their home in New Jersey. Rosemary's son Scott and his Canadian high-school friend Bruce Curtis were charged with their murder. Scott confesses to d...

Director
Graeme Campbell
Writers
N/A
Stars
Simon Reynolds, Jaimz Woolvett, John Kapelos
Release Date
February 2, 1992
Language
English
Country
Canada
🏆 6
Wins
💬 3
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Simon Reynolds
Simon Reynolds
as Bruce Curtis
Jaimz Woolvett
Jaimz Woolvett
as Scott Franz
John Kapelos
John Kapelos
as Prosecutor Paul Chaiet
Bruce Boa
Bruce Boa
as Al Podgis
Dawn Greenhalgh
Dawn Greenhalgh
as Rosemary Podgis
Kenneth Welsh
Kenneth Welsh
as Michael Schottland
Clare Coulter
Clare Coulter
as Alice Curtis
Richard Donat
Richard Donat
as Jim Curtis
👤
Nicola Lipman
as Lorraine Peever
Raquel Duffy
Raquel Duffy
as Linda

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Production
Atlantis Films, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Citadel Communications Limited

🏷️ Keywords

heated argumentnative canadiansentenced to prisonabusive stepfatherstepson murders stepfather

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

Now available on Youtube
by jjlangdon12016-03-20
8/10

"I now have this movie posted to my Youtube page at www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRCUQuJdQP4 for those who want to watch this movie without having to search through a flea market or video store (if they still exist?) to find it. Personally, I thought this was a very suspenseful movie and while, like almost every "based on a true story" movie, it is not entirely accurate on the 1982 trials of Bruce Curtis and Scott Franz. I was very lucky to have found this movie at the end of a VHS tape from 2000, as decent TV movies are very hard to come by these days. Great acting overall, especially fr..."

📖 Synopsis

A "true crime" docu-drama: in July 1982, Al and Rosemary Podgis were shot dead in their home in New Jersey. Rosemary's son Scott and his Canadian high-school friend Bruce Curtis were charged with their murder. Scott confesses to d...