Drama · Mystery
The River King
It's the truth that haunts us
Abel Grey is sent to investigate the death of a boy from an exclusive local school, who is found floating in the river. Fearing scandal, the school insists it was suicide. But after discovering from the boy's girlfriend, Carlin, that he was being badly bullied, Abel suspects that a dangerous schoolboy initiation has gone horribly wrong and he secretly solicits the help of a sympathetic teacher, Betsy. He is warned off the investigation by his boss, as the school is a generous benefactor to the Police benevolent fund. Abel, however, cannot let the case go, not only because his own brother committed suicide years before, but also it seems that the spirit of the dead boy is leaving them clues as to what really happened that night.
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Top Cast
Edward Burns
Abel Grey
Jennifer Ehle
Betsy Chase
John Kapelos
Joey Tosh
Rachelle Lefevre
Carlin Leander
Bruce Murphy
Joey's Son
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Eric Herman
Jonathan Malen
Nathaniel Gibb
Karl Pruner
Walter Pierce
Directed by
Nick Willing
Production
Myriad Pictures
Téléfilm CanadaReviews
Wuchak
7/105/20/2019
***Mysterious winter death at an exclusive prep school in the Northeast*** A 17 year-old student (Thomas Gibson) from the prestigious Haddan School is found frozen in the nearby river. The school wants to avoid negative press by quickly closing the case as a suicide, but police officer Abel Grey (Edward Burns) smells something fishy and considers the possibility of a hazing gone wrong. Rachelle Lefevre plays a friend of the dead student while Jamie Thomas King appears as his rival for her affections. Jennifer Ehle is on hand as an engaged teacher at the school that captures Abel’s attention as he’s investigating. "The River King" (2005) is a drama/mystery that takes the setting of “Dead Poets Society” (1989), albeit in the modern day, and adds elements seen in later films, like “Snow
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