A Season in Purgatory

A Season in Purgatory

7.0IMDb Score
Released:1996-05-05
Duration:150 min
Director:David Greene
Actors:Patrick Dempsey, Sherilyn Fenn, Craig Sheffer, Edward Herrmann, David Marshall Grant
Production:Spelling Television, Laurel Entertainment, Cherokee Rose Productions, David Brown Productions, Manhattan Project

Overview:

A wealthy, politically connected family covers up the suspicious death of a young woman, a secret that later threatens to destroy the family's rising political star.

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