Released:
1981-05-07

Overview:
This dramatic re-enactment premiered a mere nine weeks after the actual headline-making trial of the refined private school headmistress who was convicted of the murder of her unfaithful lover, Dr. Herman Tarnower, the famed "Scarsdale Diet" author.

Director:
George Schaefer

Runtime:
2h 27min

Genre:
Crime, Drama, Romance, TV Movie

• Cast:
• 
  Ellen Burstyn
  as
  Jean Harris
• 
  Martin Balsam
  as
  Joel Aurnou
• 
  Richard Dysart
  as
  Judge Russell R. Leggett
• 
  Peter Coyote
  as
  George Bolen
• 
  Priscilla Morrill
  as
  Juanita Edwards