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Smoke Screen

Smoke Screen

20104.91h 27mPG

Overview

Newswoman Britt Shelley shockingly wakes up in bed next to the dead body of Detective Jay Burgess and is suspected of foul play. Five years prior, Jay’s lifelong friend Raley Gannon also woke up next to a dead body. After learning of Britt’s scandal and the similarities between their two cases, he realizes she might be his only chance for vindication. As the two unravel their mysterious cases together, they find themselves caught in a dangerous political cover-up involving arson and murder.

Directed by Gary Yates
Written by Karen Stillman, Sandra Brown
Produced by Christian Bruyère
Box OfficeBudget: $5.0M0

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Top Cast

Jaime Pressly

Jaime Pressly

Britt Shelley

Currie Graham

Currie Graham

Raley Gannon

Garwin Sanford

Garwin Sanford

Gary

Larissa Laskin

Larissa Laskin

Candy

Blu Mankuma

Blu Mankuma

Detective Clark

Marie Avgeropoulos

Marie Avgeropoulos

Suzi

Katharine Isabelle

Katharine Isabelle

Wife

Zak Santiago

Zak Santiago

Detective Javier

Malcolm Stewart

Malcolm Stewart

Bill Alexander

Martin Cummins

Martin Cummins

Jay

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journalistbased on novel or bookmurder suspect

About Smoke Screen

Smoke Screen is a tv movie, crime, mystery, thriller film released in 2010 exploring themes of journalist, based on novel or book, murder suspect. Directed by Gary Yates, it stars Jaime Pressly, Currie Graham, Garwin Sanford. Newswoman Britt Shelley shockingly wakes up in bed next to the dead body of Detective Jay Burgess and is suspected of foul play. Five years prior, Jay’s lifelong friend Raley Gannon also woke up next to a dead body. After learning of Britt’s scandal and the similarities between their two cases, he realizes she might be his only chance for vindication. As the two unravel their mysterious cases together, they find themselves caught in a dangerous political cover-up involving arson and murder.

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