The Deliberate Stranger

The Deliberate Stranger is a book and television film about American serial killer Ted Bundy.

The Deliberate Stranger was adapted into a twopart television movie originally broadcast on NBC in May 1986. The film, based on Larsens book, starred Mark Harmon as Bundy. The film omits Bundys childhood, early life, and first six known victims five murders and the first victim who survived, picking up the story with the murder of Georgeann Hawkins and following Bundys further crimes in Washington, Utah, Colorado and Florida. Frederic Forrest starred as Seattle detective Robert D. Keppel, and George Grizzard played reporter Larsen.Bundys lawyer Polly Nelson, in her book Defending the Devil, characterized the film as stunningly accurate and said it did not portray anything that was not proven to be factual. She singled out for praise Harmons portrayal of Bundy, noting how Harmon reproduced Bundys rigid posture and suspicious expression. According to Nelson, her client, still on death row when the program aired, showed no interest in seeing the film. Ann Rule, who had known Bundy before the murders when they worked together on a suicide crisis hotline, felt that Harmons portrayal missed the insecurities that lurked under Bundys confident facade. Harmon was nominated for a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Bundy. ........

Source: Wikipedia