Death Mask (1984)

Death Mask (1984). Death Mask: Directed by Richard Friedman. With Farley Granger, Lee Bryant, John McCurry, Arch Johnson. Based on a true criminal case, Farley Granger stars as an investigator who recently lost his ten year old daughter. Just days after the death of his daughter, the investigator is given a task to solve the murder of a ten year old boy.

“Farley Granger stars in this 1984 film, as a Medical Examiner who becomes obsessed with finding out the identity of a young boy who was found dead, without identification. Because his own child had died at a young age, the Granger character becomes completely fixated on discovering the boyu0026#39;s identity, at great personal cost.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis film is in fact based on a true incident that occurred in Philadelphia in 1957. I have included an exceprt of a 1/1/07 article on the case from the NY Times in the IMDb Message board for this film. The parallels with the real case and this film are quite striking.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI strongly recommend this film, and then reading up on the true case that inspired it.”