The Killer Within
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Macky Alston
Bob Bechtel
Bev Bechtel
Carrah Bechtel
Amanda Bechtel
Peter Likens
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Synopsis
Bob Bechtel is a killer. One night in 1955, while a student at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, he went on a shooting rampage, killing classmate Holmes Strozier in his sleep. He was committed to a hospital for the criminally insane and released five years later. There was no felony conviction, in part because Strozier's parents wrote a letter of forgiveness to the judge. Today, Bechtel claims he lost it after intense bullying. He hopes his case will draw attention to the effects of bullying. But this revelation dredges up more than anticipated. Despite her devotion, his wife, Bev, admits there's a piece of him that's frightening. His stepdaughter Amanda wonders how her mother could marry a man she knew was a killer; his biological daughter Carrah is haunted knowing that her father's second chance resulted in her birth. Even more conflicted is the victim's brother, John Strozier, who takes issue with Bechtel's version of history. So do other Swarthmore classmates: one writes, "Robert Bechtel was never bullied or harassed. If he believes this, it is a product of his insane mind."
Cast
Bob Bechtel
Bev Bechtel
Carrah Bechtel
Amanda Bechtel
Peter Likens
John H Strozier Jr.
Ed Gelardin
Hugh Nissenson
Clint Fink
Charles B Strozier
Dr. James Alan Fox
Crew
William M Campbell Iii
Leonard Cox
Jim Gallup
Sandra M Itkoff
Leora Kaye
Raj Kommineni
David Mckillop
Andrea Meditch
Roger Neill
Nicole Opper
Mary Ellen Porto
Silvina Sterin Pensel
Dyanna Taylor
Tony Volante
Christopher White
Christina Wieboldt
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Released in United States 2006
Released in United States September 2006
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Real to Reel) September 7-16, 2006.
Released in United States 2006
Released in United States September 2006 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Real to Reel) September 7-16, 2006.)
