1994 television film directed by William A. Graham
This article is about the 1994 film. For the 2019 remake, see Death of a Cheerleader (2019 film). For other uses, see Death of a Cheerleader (disambiguation).
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A Friend to Die For
Genre
Crime Drama
Based on
"Death of a Cheerleader" by Randall Sullivan
Written by
Randall Sullivan
Screenplay by
Dan Bronson
Directed by
William A. Graham
Starring
Kellie Martin Tori Spelling Valerie Harper Marley Shelton
Theme music composer
Chris Boardman
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
Production
Executive producers
Steve White Dan Bronson (co-executive producer)
Producers
Barry Bernardi Don Goldman (co-producer) Ken Raskoff (co-producer) Steven Tyler Sahlein (associate producer) Stephen Soyland (associate producer)
Production locations
Westlake High School Church of the Angels Thousand Oaks, California
Cinematography
Robert Steadman
Editor
Lance Luckey
Running time
87 minutes
Production company
Steve White Productions
Original release
Network
NBC
Release
September 26, 1994 (1994-09-26)
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A Friend to Die For (also known as Death of a Cheerleader in the UK and during subsequent Lifetime television airings) is a 1994 American psychological thriller television film directed by William A. Graham. Written by Dan Bronson,[1] the film is based on the real-life murder of Kirsten Costas, who was killed by her classmate, Bernadette Protti, in 1984.[2] The film was the highest-rated TV movie of 1994.[citation needed]
^Spelling, Tori (2008). Stori Telling. Simon Spotlight Entertainment. pp. 50. ISBN 978-1-4169-5073-8.
^Girl, 16, Convicted in Classmate's Slaying Teen-ager Feared Victim `Was Going to Tell People I Was Weird'. Los Angeles Times, March 14, 1985
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