Somebody has to Shoot the Picture

Somebody has to Shoot the Picture is a 1990 prison film TV movie written by photojournalist Doug Magee, inspired by his interviews with and photos of death row prisoners. The film was directed by Frank Pierson.

Cast, selected

Roy Scheider as Paul Marish, Photographer
Bonnie Bedelia as Hannah McGrath
Robert Carradine as Police Sgt. Jerry Brown
Andre Braugher as Dan Weston, Time Magazine Reporter
Arliss Howard as Raymond Eames
Jay Glick as Prison chaplain
John Polce as Executioner

Films directed by Frank Pierson

The Looking Glass War (1969) A Star Is Born (1976) King of the Gypsies (1978) Somebody has to Shoot the Picture (1990) Citizen Cohn (1992) Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994) Truman (1995) Dirty Pictures (2000) Conspiracy (2001) Soldier's Girl (2003)