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John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster (2019) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 2019 · 90 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Scott Prestin, Marc Menet
- Starring
- Jim Belushi, Sam Amirante
This documentary explores the unsettling case of John Wayne Gacy, drawing from Sam Amirante and Danny Broderick’s true-crime book. It follows a young lawyer who, in his early private practice, is asked a seemingly innocuous question by his first client – a request that leads him down a disturbing path. The story unfolds as he represents one of the most notorious serial killers in American history, a man whose evil deeds would become part of the nation's true crime narrative.
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