Eye of the Stalker
Eye of the Stalker (a.k.a. Moment of Truth: Eye of the Stalker and Eye of the Stalker: A Moment of Truth Story) is a 1995 American made-for-television thriller film directed by Reza Badiyi. Based on a true story, the film is an original Moment of Truth movie that stars Brooke Langton, Joanna Cassidy and Jere Burns.
| Eye of the Stalker | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama Thriller |
| Written by | Priscilla English |
| Directed by | Reza Badiyi |
| Starring | Brooke Langton Joanna Cassidy Jere Burns |
| Music by | Stacy Widelitz |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Lawrence Horowitz Michael O'Hara |
| Producer(s) | Rick Blumenthal |
| Production location(s) | Los Angeles Phoenix, Arizona |
| Cinematography | Charles Mills |
| Editor(s) | Ron Spang |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Production company(s) | O'Hara-Horowitz Productions |
| Distributor | NBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Picture format | Color |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | December 18, 1995 |
Plot
Beth Knowlton (Brooke Langton) is a young art student who is majoring in photography at a college in Phoenix, Arizona. Stephen Primes teaches law at the same university, and becomes infatuated with Beth’s beauty at first sight. Beth is not impressed with Stephen's unwanted actions, and firmly tries to be clear that she is not interested since she is already dating Kyle Kennedy (Woolson). Despite her refusals, Stephen persists, and begins telling people that he and Beth have become engaged to each other. This gains the attention of Beth's mother Martha (Cassidy), who tries (but fails) to find a legal manner for Stephen to leave Beth alone.
After a while, Stephen's stalking actions increasingly become awkward and obsessive, when he leaves Beth cut-out notes and one day even attempts to strangle her in a darkroom. Martha encourages Beth to move in with her and they both press charges, but the police are unable to arrest Stephen without a sign of evidence. Immediately after moving in, Martha and Beth find their home burglarized and a message "Obey or die" written on a bathroom mirror. Knowing how far Stephen will go, Martha sends Beth off to a relative in Denver, Colorado under a fake name.
Stephen becomes enraged when he loses sight of Beth and mistakenly becomes preoccupied with another Elizabeth Knowlton (known as Liz); thinking he has tracked Beth down, Elizabeth receives packages in her mail from Stephen containing threats as well as a video of Beth. When Stephen attempts to break into her home one night, Liz sets out to locate Beth after recognizing her from the video. They both join forces to catch Stephen in the act, using Beth as bait. Liz gives Beth a loaded gun, which the latter eventually uses when she sees Stephen holding Martha and threatening to slit her throat with a knife. Beth fires a warning shot to deter Stephen, and he is finally arrested.
Cast
- Brooke Langton as Elizabeth 'Beth' Knowlton
- Joanna Cassidy as Judge Martha Knowlton
- Jere Burns as Stephen Primes
- Dennis Burkley as Danny Zerbo
- Lucinda Jenney as Elizabeth 'Liz' Knowlton
- Michael Woolson as Kyle Kennedy
- Conor O'Farrell as Officer Lane
- Barbara Tarbuck as Judge Paula Castanon
- John Bennett Perry as Duncan Emerson
- Lindsey Ginter as Officer Weldon
- Jonathan Ward as Neil
- Rick Worthy as Eric
- Michael Cavanaugh as Judge Warren Curtis
- James MacDonald as Gerry
- Matthew Faison as College Dean