Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture

Raymond Eames, a small-time drug dealer, has been sentenced to death for the shooting death of a policeman. After seven years of appeals are exhausted, the date of his execution arrives. His last request is that his execution be photographed. Eames selects Paul Marish, a jaded Pulitzer Prize winning photographer, who is convinced by his agent to visit the small town in Georgia. Sensing a big story, Marish's agent sends in a reporter from Time magazine, and together they begin to investigate the events surrounding the murder, in a small town where emotions are high and opinions are fixed.

• Doug MageeWriter
• Frank PiersonDirector

• Roy ScheiderPaul Marish
• Bonnie BedeliaHannah McGrath
• Arliss HowardRaymond Eames
• Andre BraugherDan Weston
• Robert CarradinePolice Sgt. Jerry Brown
• Marc MacaulaySupt. Stanton
• Antoni CoroneMike Knighton
• Tom NowickiSteve March
• Tom SchusterJake Rusher
• Tom KouchalakosBurke
• Mark McCrackenNathanson
• Bob BarnesGov. Dean