White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

May 5, 1991

1h 34m

★ 6.0

Everybody loved Thelma Todd, even the one who murdered her.

Overview

When '30s film star Thelma Todd dies mysteriously, her relationship with New York mobster Lucky Luciano is investigated.

Genres

TV Movie

Drama

Mystery

Crime

Production Companies

Neufeld-Keating Productions

Sandyhook Productions

Von Zerneck Sertner Films

NBC

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd Trailers

Cast

Thelma Todd

Loni Anderson

Patsy Kelly

Maryedith Burrell

Lucky Luciano

Robert Davi

Hal Roach

Paul Dooley

Anne 'Mac' McMahon

Linda Kelsey

D.A. Buron Fitts

Dakin Matthews

Pat DiCicco

John O'Hurley

Louis Marsden

Scott Paulin

Roland West

Lawrence Pressman

Alice Todd

Lois Smith

Jewel Carmen

Robin Strasser

Ernest Peters

Doug MacHugh

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