''Footsteps'' is a 2003 American

made-for-television A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie, telefilm, telemovie or TV film/movie, is a film with a running time similar to a feature film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a Terrestr ...

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ...

directed by

John Badham John MacDonald Badham (born August 25, 1939) is an American film and television director, best known for directing the films ''Saturday Night Fever'' (1977), ''Dracula (1979 film), Dracula'' (1979), ''Blue Thunder'' (1983), ''WarGames'' (1983), ...

based on the

Ira Levin Ira Marvin Levin (August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007) was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His works include the novels '' A Kiss Before Dying'' (1953), '' Rosemary's Baby'' (1967), '' The Stepford Wives'' (1972), '' This Perf ...

play of the same name. It was broadcast on

CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainme ...

on October 12, 2003.

Plot

Daisy Lowendahl is a best-selling suspense novelist who has been receiving threatening letters ever since an incident occurred in which a man killed a woman and claimed that he was inspired to do it by one of her novels. At a public event a man angrily accuses her of being responsible for the murder. She is frightened by the man and is plagued by a fear of being attacked when she is alone. At the suggestion of her husband she takes a short vacation at her isolated beach house, where she is visited by Spencer Weaver, a local young fan who knows almost everything about her. Her next visitor is Eddie Bruno, who claims to be a police detective and warns her that Spencer may be dangerous to her. Spencer insists that Eddie is not a cop and after a struggle Eddie is overpowered and tied up. Eddie begins revealing personal details about Daisy, claiming that her husband hired him to kill her that night.

Cast

Candice Bergen Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards as the title character on '' Murphy Brown'' (1988–1998, 2018). She is also known for her role as Shirley Schmi ...

as Daisy Lowendahl * Michael Murphy as Robbie Lowendahl *

Bryan Brown Bryan Neathway Brown AM (born 23 June 1947) is an Australian actor. He has performed in over eighty film and television projects since the late 1970s, both in his native Australia and abroad. Notable films include '' Breaker Morant'' (1980), ...

as Eddie Bruno *

Bug Hall Brandon "Bug" Hall (born February 4, 1985) is an American former actor. He is best known for his childhood roles as Alfalfa Switzer in ''The Little Rascals'' (1994), Newt Shaw in '' The Big Green'' (1995), and Buster Stupid in '' The Stupids'' ...

as Spencer Weaver * John Walf as Boss *

Cindy Sampson Cindy Marie Sampson (born May 27, 1978) is a Canadian director and actress (film actress, film and television actress, television). She is known for her role in the Canadian television series ''Private Eyes (TV series), Private Eyes''. Biogr ...

as Jordan Hayes * Suzanne Jacob as Babs * Johanna MacCulloch as Lauren * Chase Duffy as Bodyguard #1 * Travis Ferris as Officer *

Bruce Graham Bruce John Graham (December 1, 1925 – March 6, 2010) was a Colombian-born Peruvian-American architect. Graham built buildings all over the world and was deeply involved with evolving the Burnham Plan of Chicago. Among his most notable buil ...

as Judge Martin Hickler * Glen Grant as Police Detective * Jason Hemsworth as Bodyguard #2 * James Symington as Arresting Officer * Gary Levert as Male Heckler * Darcy Lindzon as Tommy * Rita Malik as Lady in Audience * Agumeuay Nakanakis as Fisherman * Juanita Peters as Reporter *

Austin St. John Jason Lawrence Geiger (born September 17, 1974), professionally known as Austin St. John, is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Jason Lee Scott in the ''Power Rangers'' franchise. Early life Austin St. John is the son of U.S. Ma ...

as Police Investigator

Production

After the success of his play '' Deathtrap'',

penned the play ''Footsteps'' but sold the rights to

, which initially intended to present it as a live theatrical television production but decided that it would have to be adapted into a film.

References

External links

* 2003 television films 2003 films 2003 thriller films American films based on plays Films based on works by Ira Levin American thriller television films CBS films Films directed by John Badham Films scored by Christopher Franke 2000s English-language films 2000s American films English-language thriller films {{US-tv-thriller-film-stub