Ann Rule Presents: The Stranger Beside Me (2003)
Genre : Thriller, Drama, Crime, TV Movie
Runtime : 1H 29M
Director : Paul Shapiro
Synopsis
While working at a Seattle clinic for women in the 1970s, Ann Rule becomes friends with Ted Bundy. Based on a book by Ann Rule.
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