# The Sleepwalker Killing > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Sleepwalker_Killing > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Sleepwalker_Killing.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleepwalker_Killing > Source revision: 1348897442 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1997 American TV series or program The Sleepwalker Killing Genre Crime Drama Based on Unsolved Mysteries Written by June Callwood Lyle Slack Directed by John Cosgrove Starring Hilary Swank Jeffrey Nordling Charles Esten Natalija Nogulich Lisa Darr Music by Gary Malkin Country of origin United States Original language English Production Executive producers John Cosgrove Terry Dunn Meurer Producers John Cosgrove Lyle Slack Cyrus Yavneh Cinematography Eric Van Haren Noman Editor Edward A. Warschilka Running time 88 minutes Production companies Cosgrove/Meurer Productions World International Network Original release Network NBC Release April 28, 1997 (1997-04-28) ***The Sleepwalker Killing*** also known as ***From the Files of Unsolved Mysteries: The Sleepwalker Killing***, is a 1997 TV movie based on a popular real-life case from the *[Unsolved Mysteries](/source/Unsolved_Mysteries)* television series. The film was written by [June Callwood](/source/June_Callwood) and Lyle Slack and directed by John Cosgrove. Cosgrove also served as executive producer on the TV series. ## Plot A segment from the *[Unsolved Mysteries](/source/Unsolved_Mysteries)* TV series inspired this story, in which Mark Schall kills his mother-in-law and wounds his father-in-law in the middle of the night, then turns himself in. He claims, however, that he cannot remember the crime itself. His defense team finds evidence that suggests the crimes were committed while Mark was sleep walking. They build their defense around this theory.[1] ## Cast - [Hilary Swank](/source/Hilary_Swank) as Lauren Schall - [Jeffrey Nordling](/source/Jeffrey_Nordling) as Det. Lloyd Boyko - [Charles Esten](/source/Charles_Esten) as Mark Schall - [Natalija Nogulich](/source/Natalija_Nogulich) as Atty. Brooke McAdam - [Lisa Darr](/source/Lisa_Darr) as D.A. Mary Ellen Matulus - [Sean Murray](/source/Sean_Murray_(actor)) as Christopher Lane - [Victor Love](/source/Victor_Love) as Det. Ike Nolan - [Marisa Coughlan](/source/Marisa_Coughlan) as Tanya Lane - [Sam Anderson](/source/Sam_Anderson) as Roth Lane - [Julianna McCarthy](/source/Julianna_McCarthy) as Eileen Hunter - [Joel Polis](/source/Joel_Polis) as Asst. Atty. Jimmy - [John Rubinstein](/source/John_Rubinstein) as Dr. Frank Corrigan ## Releases The TV movie was originally aired [NBC](/source/NBC) on April 28, 1997 and was released later released on [DVD](/source/DVD) on May 24, 2005.[2] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["The Sleepwalker Killing (TV Movie 1997)"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120147/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). *IMDb*. April 28, 1997. Retrieved October 1, 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Amazon.com: The Sleepwalker Killing: Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Nordling, Charles Esten, Natalija Nogulich, Lisa Darr, Sean Murray, Victor Love, Marisa Coughlan, Sam Anderson, Julianna McCarthy, Joel Polis, John Rubinstein, Eric Van Haren Noman, John Cosgrove, Cyrus Yavneh, Lyle Slack, Terry Dunn Meurer, June Callwood: Movies & TV"](https://www.amazon.com/The-Sleepwalker-Killing-Hilary-Swank/dp/B00080Z5N4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1360547784&sr=8-1&keywords=sleepwalker+killing). *Amazon*. May 24, 2005. Retrieved October 1, 2014. v t e Unsolved Mysteries TV List of episodes Season 15 16 17 Films Escape from Terror Voice from the Grave The Sleepwalker Killing This article related to a 1990s American TV movie is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1990s-US-tv-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1990s-US-tv-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1990s-US-tv-film-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Sleepwalker Killing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleepwalker_Killing) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleepwalker_Killing?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.