76% Match2004 - 2018TV-MA1 Season49m
DocumentaryCrime
Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, presents a gripping courtroom thriller, offering a rare and revealing inside look at a high-profile murder trial. In 2001, author Michael Peterson was arraigned for the murder of his wife Kathleen, whose body was discovered lying in a pool of blood on the stairway of their home. Granted unusual access to Peterson's lawyers, home and immediate family, de Lestrade's cameras capture the defense team as it considers its strategic options. The series is an engrossing look at contemporary American justice that features more twists than a legal bestseller.
Cast: Michael Peterson, Ron Guerette, Tom Maher, David Rudolf, Bill Peterson
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About The Staircase
Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, presents a gripping courtroom thriller, offering a rare and revealing inside look at a high-profile murder trial. In 2001, author Michael Peterson was arraigned for the murder of his wife Kathleen, whose body was discovered lying in a pool of blood on the stairway of their home. Granted unusual access to Peterson's lawyers, home and immediate family, de Lestrade's cameras capture the defense team as it considers its strategic options. The series is an engrossing look at contemporary American justice that features more twists than a legal bestseller.
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4.1
First Aired
Oct 7, 2004
Status
Ended
Genres
Documentary, Crime
Created by: Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
Genres: Documentary, Crime
Network: SundanceTV, Canal+, Netflix
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France
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English
Keywords
true crimefalling down stairswife murdermurder trialmysterious death