When career-focused journalist's investigation indirectly causes a suicide, he questions his own methods and life in general.
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The people behind it
Albert Finney
Jason Cromwell
John Mahoney
Irv Mickelson
Kathy Baker
Marcie Guilford
Swoosie Kurtz
Joanne Winstow-Darvish
Marsha Mason
Jean Cromwell
Spalding Gray
Frank Goodrich
Wendie Jo Sperber
Anita Cox
David Clennon
Dr. Sigmond Grampton
Brett Cullen
Malcolm Dundee
Jim Haynie
David Hartzfield
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