The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story

Sep 20, 2025

1h 30m

★ 8.7

Overview

15-year-old Alina Thompson, an aspiring model in 1980s Los Angeles, pulls a fast one on her parents and sneaks away to an amateur photo casting call, where she meets photographer William Bradford. Unbeknownst to Alina, William is a serial killer, and she may be next.

Genres

Crime

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Lifetime

Studio TF1 America

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Cast

Alina Thompson

Brielle Robillard

William Bradford

Steve Byers

Nancy Thompson

Ashley Jones

Carl Thompson

Sam Trammell

Shari Miller

Rachel Sellan

John

Gabriel Burrafato

Det. Nat Cole

Alex Gravenstein

Det. Mitchell

Russell Yuen

Det. Peters

Christian Paul

Tracy

Laura Provenzano

Nick

Mark Ballantyne

Nathalie

Bukola Walfall

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