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Her Hidden Truth

  • TV Movie
  • 1995
  • TV-PG
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
301
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Antonio Sabato Jr., Kellie Martin, Gordon Clapp, Reed Diamond, Mary Donnelly Haskell, Cindy Pickett, and Bruce Weitz in Her Hidden Truth (1995)
DramaThriller

A young Billie Calhoun is accused of killing her mother and sister in a house fire. she is taken to a juvenile detention center. When she reaches 18 she requests an early release, but it is ... Read allA young Billie Calhoun is accused of killing her mother and sister in a house fire. she is taken to a juvenile detention center. When she reaches 18 she requests an early release, but it is denied. She then escapes to find the real killer of her mother and sister. Eventually she ... Read allA young Billie Calhoun is accused of killing her mother and sister in a house fire. she is taken to a juvenile detention center. When she reaches 18 she requests an early release, but it is denied. She then escapes to find the real killer of her mother and sister. Eventually she seeks the aid of a cop, Matt Samoni.

  • Director
    • Dan Lerner
  • Writer
    • Pamela K. Long
  • Stars
    • Kellie Martin
    • Antonio Sabato Jr.
    • Ken Howard
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    301
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Dan Lerner
    • Writer
      • Pamela K. Long
    • Stars
      • Kellie Martin
      • Antonio Sabato Jr.
      • Ken Howard
    • 10User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Kellie Martin
    Kellie Martin
    • Billie Calhoun
    Antonio Sabato Jr.
    Antonio Sabato Jr.
    • Det. Matt Samoni
    Ken Howard
    Ken Howard
    • Jack Devereaux
    Reed Diamond
    Reed Diamond
    • Clay Devereaux
    Bruce Weitz
    Bruce Weitz
    • Lt. Ricky Levine
    Cindy Pickett
    Cindy Pickett
    • Laney Devereaux
    Gordon Clapp
    Gordon Clapp
    • Father Paul
    Mary Donnelly Haskell
    Mary Donnelly Haskell
    • Dr. Jane Wilson
    • (as Mary Donnelly-Haskell)
    Lisa Thornhill
    Lisa Thornhill
    • Jean Calhoun
    Red West
    Red West
    • Fireman Leon Sykes
    Harold Surratt
    Harold Surratt
    • Jazz, Lab Tech
    Allison Porter
    • Young Billie
    Dennis Letts
    Dennis Letts
    • The Prosecutor
    Diana Taylor
    • Officer Val Johnson
    David Dwyer
    David Dwyer
    • Mr. Gleason
    Levi Frazier Jr.
    • Chairman Howell
    Mike McLaren
    • The Judge
    Michael W. Smith
    • The Detective
    • Director
      • Dan Lerner
    • Writer
      • Pamela K. Long
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    User reviews10

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    10amy-banfield

    it was one of my favorite movies

    i loved the movie i have been trying to buy it for a long time but cant seem to find one so if anyone has one they would like to sell i would love to buy it i loved the part where she escaped and was trying to find out who killed her mother and sister and set her up and where she got captured by the cop but she turned it on him that when he decided to help her find what happened to her family it was a very sad movie i love all the movies Kellie martin is in but my all time favorite is her hidden truth i also love the guy who plays the cop that helps her i really thought that the man her mother was having the affair with killed them not the son i felt sorry for the mother of the son for what he did
    6liberalblossom15

    Enjoyable

    When an arsonist strikes the Calhoun household, a single mother and her baby are killed while the only surviving family member, ten year old Billie, is accused of committing the crime. Eight years later, she is attending a hearing for early release only to have it denied to her. She pleads with her guard to set her free because the guard knows she is innocent. Her guard makes it look like Billie simply escaped, and Billie hides out in an abandoned apartment. From there she moves on in her quest to prove her innocence. Her only problem is that everywhere she goes - people wind up dead. She finds sympathy in an attractive young detective who aids her in her quest and allows her to stay with him. Can he save her in the end when she encounters the real killer?

    I might be a little biased because I saw this as a ten year old girl, but I really like this film. It's not meant to be a "thinker", it's just meant to entertain - and in that respect it has my vote.

    Yes, there are plot holes...

    Why was she in a women's prison? How did she know how to drive when she grew up in prison? How come Father Paul looked young enough to be her brother?

    Who cares? These are minor details that can't ruin the film for me. Everything that needed to be explained was explained. All the viewer really wants to know is the identity of the killer.

    I still find it somewhat suspenseful and fun. It's not meant to be a psychological film, just a fun way to kill time on a rainy Saturday afternoon. In that sense, it does it's job well.
    8mundi10

    Love this movie and still do

    I loved this movie.Thrilling and romantic at the same time. Wondered when it comes out on DVD. Let me now if it does. Have been looking for the DVD since 1996. Should be scripted a little more fun between them and some more heart to heart talks. isn't easy being alone in the world missing the mother and no one to turn to. Should have some more tricks and excitement up it sleeves. It was fabulous as it is. listen to your girls. Good communication is the best way. they both are great in this movie.don't ever cover up your own crime by blaming others, it always comes back to bite your ass. good luck in making movies to make us entertained, but don't forget that you are only human.
    john-felix

    Ultimate Lifetime Movie!

    I'm not sure how to rate this -- on the one hand, it has some of the dumbest writing and one of the most obvious "mysteries" I have seen (I knew who the killer was before he was even introduced!) On the other hand, this is almost like a complete study of the formulas for Lifetime Movies -- if it only had a rape and some drug abuse worked in, it would have had everything.

    The story is that Billie Calhoun, at age 10, was framed for the murder of her single mother and baby sister, and has spent the last 8 years in juvie. She is set to be released early for good behavior, but a cackling, gleefully evil psychiatrist who obviously has some kind of ulterior motive (which is only barely explained later) advises that Billie be kept longer. The prison guards all just *know* Billie is innocent, and they arrange to let her escape so she can discover the truth of what happened. Billie's legal guardian is a local priest (who obviously is played by a man who had auditioned for the handsome-young-cop-role, since the fellow would have had to have been around 13 years old when Billie was 10) and he knows the truth about who killed Billie's mother and sister, but he never mentioned it to her before this time, and when he intends to tell her, he is suddenly murdered. Billie is the one to discover the body and of course she proceeds to touch everything in sight with her bare hands including the murder weapon before she flees, making it seem as if she had been the killer. Soon the cops are hot on her tail, but Billie manages to find a sympathetic handsome-young-cop and he starts up a completely inappropriate romantic relationship with her that is so creepy I started wondering if it should have been counted as a rape. (The girl is completely at his mercy -- she's an escaped convict that he is hiding in his house, and he's a cop. What's she going to do, reject his advances?) Without giving away too much of the ending, Billie and the Cop set out to find the EVIL HEARTLESS MEN who caused all this. Oh, and somehow Billie knows how to drive even though she's spent all her life in juvie.

    Dumb writing, but if you're like me and don't exactly watch Lifetime Movies because you expect them to be good, then this is definitely one to see!
    quadrophenia718

    Oh, come on....

    Look, Her Hidden Truth was not hideously bad. It was, in essence, a sappy Lifetime movie, but I doubt that it was supposed to be anything more. Let's be honest, Lifetime movies have never been too concerned with long-term psyches, preferring to focus more on the trauma of a certain time period.

    I watched this movie because a) it had Kellie Martin in it and she played one of my favorite ER characters and b) it had Reed Diamond in it (mmmm! Kellerman, *swoon*). I am not regretting my decision to watch it at all. It was well worth watching the scenes with Reed Diamond in the pool. It's one of those things that one watches as an alternative to a rainstorm, not as something you would expect to be a masterpiece of film making. You want something like that, watch To Kill a Mockingbird.

    I honestly don't regret seeing it, and would see it again. (one only really gets to see Reed Diamond in re-runs of Homicide) My advice: take it as fun, I highly doubt that it was supposed to be much more.

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    • Release date
      • November 12, 1995 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La seva veritat amagada
    • Filming locations
      • Tennessee, USA
    • Production companies
      • Ascato TV Inc.
      • NBC Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 36m(96 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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