

The Executioner's Song
"The story of two people who fell in love.....and kept on falling."
Overview
In this fact-based made-for TV film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to Utah. Before long, Gary begins an ill-advised romance with the troubled Nicole Baker, a teenage single mother. As their relationship quickly deteriorates, Gary goes on a murderous rampage, leaving two dead. During his trial, he demands capital punishment; a media circus ensues and outsiders look to profit from his story.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
Film Communications Inc.
Key Crew

Norman Mailer
Writer
Cast

Tommy Lee Jones
Gary Mark Gilmore

Christine Lahti
Brenda Nicol

Rosanna Arquette
Nicole Baker

Eli Wallach
Vern Damico

Steven Keats
Larry Samuels
Jordan Clarke
Johnny Nicol

Richard Venture
Earl Dorius

Jenny Wright
April Baker
Kenneth O'Brien
Spencer McGrath

John Dennis Johnston
Jimmy Poker-Game
Mary Ethel Gregory
Ida Damico

Pat Corley
Val Conlan
Michael LeClair
Rikki Wood

Walter Olkewicz
Pete Galovan

Jim Youngs
Sterling Baker

Grace Zabriskie
Kathryne Baker

John Chappell
Ron Stanger

Rance Howard
Lt. Nelson

Charles Cyphers
Noall Wootton
Ray Girardin
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