The Riverman (2004)

Directed by

Bill Eagles

Genre

crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A detective working on the Green River Killer case turns to convicted serial killer Ted Bundy for help understanding the mind of the murderer he is hunting. Bundy offers his own insights from prison to assist the investigation.

tensedarksombergrittypsychologicalslow-burndisturbingintense

What happens

The Riverman is a 2004 American biographical crime drama television film directed by Bill Eagles and written by Tom Towler, based on the 2004 non-fiction book The Riverman: Ted Bundy and I Hunt for the Green River Killer by Robert D. Keppel and William J. Birnes. Shot in Halifax, Canada, the film stars Bruce Greenwood, Sam Jaeger, Kathleen Quinlan, and Cary Elwes. It premiered on A&E on September 6, 2004. The film follows real life incidents around how convicted infamous serial killer Ted Bundy helps detectives Robert D. Keppel and Dave Reichert by providing insights into the mind of a psychopath killer to catch then active murderer Green River Killer aka Gary Ridgway. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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