When Dreams Come True

May 28, 1985

1h 35m

★ 5.7

Overview

A Dallas museum tour guide finds herself having dreams that foretell killings that are attributed to a killer known as "The Perfect Murderer." She asks her boyfriend, a police detective, for help.

Genres

Thriller

TV Movie

Production Companies

Lorimar Telepictures

ABC

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Cast

Susan Matthews

Cindy Williams

Robert Wynton

David Morse

Annie

Jessica Harper

Harry Jenks

Stan Shaw

Alex Kazloff

Lee Horsley

Alice McPhee

Ouida White

Jack

Eli Cummins

Mrs. Colton

Norma Young

Newsboy

Tommy Madden

Museum Woman

Lou Hancock

Allison Clark

Marjie Rynearson

Detective

John L. Martin

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