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A Dark Place

A Dark Place

20186.01h 29m

Overview

When a young boy turns up dead in a sleepy Pennsylvania town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and obsessive investigation to prove the boy was murdered.

Directed by Simon Fellows
Written by Brendan Higgins
Produced by Leon Clarance, Tai Duncan, Gareth Unwin
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Top Cast

Andrew Scott

Andrew Scott

Donald Devlin

Bronagh Waugh

Bronagh Waugh

Donna Reutzel

Denise Gough

Denise Gough

Linda Connolly

Michael Rose

Michael Rose

Sheriff Benjamin Mooney

Sandra Ellis Lafferty

Sandra Ellis Lafferty

Betty Devlin

Christa Beth Campbell

Christa Beth Campbell

Wendy Connelly

Eric Mendenhall

Eric Mendenhall

Bill Frankel

Andrew Masset

Andrew Masset

Dr. Joel Pomorowski

Christian Finlayson

Christian Finlayson

Justin Zeigler

Kate Forbes

Kate Forbes

Patty Zeigler

Themes & Keywords

child abusepennsylvania, usaautisminvestigationmurderdead childgarbage truckcrossbowobsessive

About A Dark Place

A Dark Place is a thriller, mystery film released in 2018 exploring themes of child abuse, pennsylvania, usa, autism, investigation, murder, dead child. Directed by Simon Fellows, it stars Andrew Scott, Bronagh Waugh, Denise Gough. When a young boy turns up dead in a sleepy Pennsylvania town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and obsessive investigation to prove the boy was murdered.

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