Donna Mills goes from Dynasty diva to death row in this gloriously unhinged '90s true-crime fever dream.
A luxury home, a handsome husband and terrific children. But it all comes crashing down when she is accused of being a mastermind behind a brutal triple-homicide and is arrested and handcuffed in front of her own children. A gripping story of passion and betrayal as a woman fights to clear her name and avoid the death penalty for a crime she didn't commit.
Acting
Donna Mills commits so hard you'll forget this aired on NBC.
Production
That 192-minute runtime? They're not skimping on the suffering, baby.
Director
Bill L. Norton
Donna Mills
Joyce Lukezic
Steven Bauer
Det. Dan Ryan
Robert Wagner
Ron Lukezic
Lane Smith
Martin Busey
James Handy
Thomas Thinnes
Dennis Christopher
Wally Roberts
Kiersten Warren
Eden
Paul Gleason
Arthur Ross
Penny Fuller
Marilyn Redmond
Sonny Carl Davis
Det. Larry Martinson
Kelly Curtis
Mary Durand
Erik Kilpatrick
Hooper
Robert Silver
Ray Kleinfeld
Robin Greer
Shelly
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is based on the actual Joyce Lukezic case, a Phoenix socialite wrongfully convicted in 1981—she was exonerated in 1985 after new evidence emerged.
False Arrest arrived at peak 'women-in-peril' TV movie dominance, when networks competed to traumatize suburban moms with true crime adaptations every sweeps period.
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