Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

1995 · 120 min · ★ 7.0 · Crime, TV Movie

Inspired by the the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning, Miami-based journalist, Edna Buchanan, who investigates the murder of a man with ties to the Miami mafia.

Directed by Joyce Chopra · Written by Susan Sisko

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