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The People vs. Jean Harris is a 1981 American courtroom drama television film directed and produced by George Schaefer. The screenplay, written by George Lefferts, is based on a transcript of the trial of Jean Harris, who was convicted of murdering her ex-lover Herman Tarnower.
May 7, 1981 · The People vs. Jean Harris: Directed by George Schaefer. With Ellen Burstyn, Martin Balsam, Richard Dysart, Peter Coyote. A re-enactment of the trial of the mistress of the Scarsdale Diet doctor for his March 1980 murder, with excerpts from the transcript of the proceedings serving as the script.
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- Crime, Drama, Romance
- George Schaefer
- 1981-05-07
In this fact-based film, Jean Harris (Ellen Burstyn) stands accused of the murder of Dr. Herman Tarnowner, a celebrity cardiologist best known as the author of "The Complete...
- Drama
- Ellen Burstyn
- George Schaefer
Mar 11, 2020 · The film is about the death of the "Scarsdale Diet" doctor, Herman Tarnowner ...more.
- 141 min
- 138.1K
- TheConcludingChapterofCrawford
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This taped movie brought Emmy Award nominations to Ellen Burstyn as Outstanding Actress and O. Tamburri for Outstanding Technical Direction. Martin Balsam co-stars as defense attorney Joel Aurnou and Peter Coyote as the prosecutor, George Bolen.
If you rent The People vs. Jean Harris, you're in for a long haul. This two-and-a-half hour tv movie feels like five hours - which is realistic in one aspect. Anyone who's had jury duty knows that most trials aren't as exciting and fast-paced as the movies will have you believe.
