Search - Degree of Guilt on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Movie Release: 1995 DVD Release: 07/22/2003 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Edition: Television Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 3 hrs 0 mins Studio: Live/Artisan Total Copies: 1 Genres: Thriller, Crime Thriller

Popular mystery writer Richard North Patterson found two of his potboilers, -Eyes of a Child and -Degree of Guilt, turned into a four-part miniseries for NBC with this star-studded opus. Degree of Guilt stars Daphne Zuniga as Terri, a young wife and mother trapped in an abusive marriage to Ritchie (Vincent Ventresca) in the San Francisco Bay area. With Ritchie sleeping around on her and burning through the family's savings, Terri turns to the sheltering arms of Patterson's recurring attorney-hero Christopher Paget (David James Elliott), much to her mother Rosa's (Tricia O'Neil) dismay. Torn between two men, Terri moves back in, child in tow, with the scolding Rosa. But when Ritchie turns up dead, it's up to Christopher to get his love off the hook. Degree of Guilt also stars Sharon Lawrence as an icy femme fatale whom Christopher is called upon to represent. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide

Daphne Zuniga - Terri
Vincent Ventresca - Ritchie
Sharon Lawrence - Mary Carelli
David James Elliott - Christopher Paget
Tricia O'Neil - Rosa

The 1995 NBC miniseries Degree of Guilt shows up on DVD in a pristinely presented -- if not feature-laden -- package from Artisan. The TV movie's original, 1.33:1 aspect ratio is retained in the transfer to disc, as is the 2.0 Dolby sound. Closed captioning for the hearing impaired rounds out the options available on this disc. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide