Positive I.D. (1986)

Director
Andy Anderson

Main cast
Stephanie Rascoe; John S. Davies; Steve Fromholz; Lauren Lane

Genres
Drama, Crime, Thriller

Description
A plain suburban housewife, the past victim of a brutal assault, is still having trouble coping with the incident a year later...


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