D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear (2003)

Director
Tom McLoughlin

Main cast
Charles S. Dutton; Jay O. Sanders; Bobby Hosea; Helen Shaver; Tom O'Brien

Genres
Drama, Thriller

Description
Based on the known events that shook the United States for 23 days in 2002. Within 24 hours six people were killed by a sniper in Maryland County. A man and his son get overlooked in all settings where shootings occur. The police, in cooperation with the FBI follows the wrong track of a white van, while the murderers act with impunity and panic seizes the population


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