The TNT mystery movie night special Silent Witness airs Wednesday December 7 (9 p.m. (ET/PT) on TNT.
Synopsis: This legal drama based on the book by Richard North Patterson stars Dermot Mulroney (Zodiak, Copycat) as prominent defense attorney Tony Lord, who returns to his hometown to defend an old friend, played by Michael Cudlitz (TNT’s Southland). The friend is a teacher accused of murdering one of his students, and the case re-opens the heartache from Tony’s own high school days, when he was a student falsely accused of murdering his first love.
Silent Witness also stars Anne Heche (Hung, Men in Trees) as Kate Robb, the wife of the accused teacher, and Judd Hirsch (Damages, Taxi) as Saul Ruben, Tony Lord’s close friend and associate. Lizzie Friedman and Greg Little, the team behind One Lucky Elephant, Whiz Kids and Sex and Death 101, serve as executive producers along with Howard Braunstein (The Informant!). Peter Markle (Bat*21, Flight 93) directed from a script by Thomas Michael Donnelly (Our Fathers).
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