A politician and his wife (Peter Strauss, Kathleen Quinlan) retreat to a cottage after his questionable actions in the Vietnam War come to light. Tony Carbo: Peter Boyle. Pat: Nancy Sorel. Sheriff Lux: Ken Pogue. Claude: Richard Anderson. Nat: Hrothgar Mathews. Based on the 1994 novel by Tim O’Brien. Directed by Carl Schenkel, Up and coming candidate standing for US senator, John Waylon, has his career smashed after a life long brutal secret is anonymously revealed to the public, and his wife. John and his wife Kathy escape from media attention and go into hiding in a remote lakeside cottage. But when John awakes one morning to find Kathy has vanished, and the police search is of no use, John is left to search his tortured mind, slowly answered are revealed., Political thriller about a would-be senator who, finding his shady past catching up with him, attempts to escape the press’s attention with his wife. Retreating to a remote country cottage, the man awakes one day to find his wife missing. As the search for her is abandoned, the man must face his past and search for the answers himself., Based on Tim O’Brien’s novel, In the Lake of the Woods is the story of a man driven by demons from his past and a mystery surrounding the disappearance of his wife. John Waylan (Peter Strauss), a candidate for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota, is leading in pre-election polls when a reporter for a Minneapolis newspaper breaks a story about Waylan’s involvement in a massacre of civilians while he was a soldier in Vietnam. Waylan loses the election and retreats with his wife, Kathy (Kathleen Quinlan), to a luxurious lakeside cabin owned by friends, where he broods over the past — not just his tour of duty in Vietnam, but also his troubled childhood, marked by conflict with an abusive, alcoholic father. When Kathy goes missing, John goes to the local authorities, who mount a search for her and a missing boat while Waylan continues to brood over his shattered life. The story is told in multiple flashbacks, with a reporter questioning those who knew Waylan and his wife, including a political operative (Peter Boyle) and Kathy’s sister (Nancy Sorel). This film originally ran on Fox in the spring of 1996 and was produced by Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “In the Lake of the Woods ” ?
A: The main cast includes Peter Strauss,Kathleen Quinlan,Peter Boyle,Nancy Sorel,Ken Pogue,Richard Anderson,Hrothgar Matthews,Brent Stait,Stephen E. Miller,Pamela Pery,Lance King,Brent Shields,Dietrich Lohmann,Richard Welsh,Philip Rosenberg.
Q: When Did the “In the Lake of the Woods” Released?
A: The movie “In the Lake of the Woods” originally aired on and released in the year of 1996.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “In the Lake of the Woods” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
