TMDb Rating
4.2/10
17 verified votes
Dead Before Dawn (1993)
DramaThrillerTV Movie
120 min
"Her marriage is over. But her nightmare has just begun."
Plot Summary
Based upon a true story. Wife with young family finds life becoming unbearable with her successful, but violent and abusive, husband. After filing for divorce, she quickly learns that her husband, through fear of his personal life embarrassing his clients, has commissioned an assassin to murder her before going to court. Unfortunately, for him, the hired assassin turns out to be an FBI agent. The FBI convince her that she must “pretend” to have been murdered in order to prove her husband’s involvement.
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DramaThrillerTV MovieCharles CorrellCheryl LaddJameson Parker1993
Director
Charles Correll
Top Cast
Cheryl LaddJameson ParkerG.W. BaileyKim CoatesMatt Clark
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