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Picket Fences

Picket Fences (1992)★ 7.8/10

US · 120 min · September 18, 1992 · 4 seasons

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Family
  • Mystery
  • Romance

Directed by: Michael Pressman, Mel Damski, Michael Schultz, Lou Antonio, Ron Lagomarsino

Written by: David E. Kelley, Ann Donahue, Geoffrey Neigher, Lawrence Meyers, Dawn Prestwich

An aging sheriff tries to keep the peace in Rome, Wisconsin, a small town plagued by violent--and bizarre--crimes.

Directed by

Michael PressmanMel DamskiMichael SchultzLou AntonioRon LagomarsinoAlan MyersonDavid Hugh JonesJames FrawleyJeremy KaganOz ScottTom SkerrittArvin BrownDennis DuganBethany RooneyLorraine SennaBill D'EliaJoe NapolitanoTom MooreDonald PetrieJoan TewkesburyMartin DavidsonMichael FrescoDan LernerElliot SilversteinKristoffer TaboriRachel FeldmanAndre R. GuttfreundDennie GordonNancy MaloneRichard MasurMichael NankinSandy SmolanDaniel AttiasMichael LangeScott PaulinJonathan PontellDennis Smith

Written by

David E. KelleyAnn DonahueGeoffrey NeigherLawrence MeyersDawn PrestwichNicole YorkinDavid AssaelKimberly CostelloSonny GordonMichael SardoLarry MoskowitzSean O'ByrneNick HardingChristine PettitRosanne WelchUrsula Wendel

Cast & crew

Kathy BakerDr. Jill BrockTom SkerrittSheriff Jimmy BrockLauren HollyMaxine StewartCostas MandylorKenny LacosHolly Marie CombsKimberly BrockJustin ShenkarowMatthew BrockAdam WylieZachary BrockFyvush FinkelDouglas WambaughRay WalstonJudge Henry BoneKelly ConnellCarter PikeZelda RubinsteinGinny WeedonDon CheadleD.A. John LittletonMarlee MatlinMayor Laurie BeyDabbs GreerRev. Henry NovotnyRoy BrocksmithPrincipal Michael OsloLarry HumburgerDeputyLeigh Taylor-YoungRachel HarrisMichael KeenanBill PugenDenis ArndtFranklin DellRoy DotriceFather BarrettAmy AquinoDr. Joanna 'Joey' DiamondLisa ChessRebeccaRobert CornthwaiteHoward BussGary Carlos CervantesReporter #1Sam AndersonFBI Agent Donald MorrellMatthew GlaveDeputy Bud SkeeterElisabeth MossCynthia ParksRoy AbramsohnReporter #1Harry SmithHarry SmithRichard MasurEd LawsonPaul EidingJason SteinbergCaroline CornellReporterJason BegheA.D.A. PetrovicCristine RoseLydia BrockErica YohnMyriam WambaughAnn Morgan GuilbertMyriam WambaughKristen LowmanMrs. Marjorie ParksJames LurieTimothy MaloneSusie SchellingNurse EvaBojesse ChristopherBilly O'ConnellGregory VignolleBrian LathamConcetta TomeiEllen McGrathSheila McCarthySue WalshTom EverettJohn EngramsRyal HaakensonMan in ChurchMatt SalingerDr. Danny ShreveDavid ProvalFrank the Potato ManPeter FrechetteD.A. Barnaby WoodsBruklin HarrisAiesha CampbellMaggie BairdMarjorie EngramsJack MurdockHarold LundstromAlexondra LeeLisa FennSteven GilbornDr. BrennanChristopher Michael MooreNeil MannixNatalie StraussMarieJohn HarnagelParamedic #1Frankie MaldonattiFiremanMichelle HoldenReporter #2Rusty SchwimmerJulia BolesMichael JeterPeter LebeckAdam ArkinAttorney Robert BielJanette AndradeBackground ExtraRichard KileyHayden LangstonCourtney B. VanceWarren GrierGeorge D. WallaceFather Joe LyonsBarbara Alyn WoodsStacey HalfordPhyllis LyonsMarcia LawsonJean SagalElena ShannonJulie AriolaCara HendricksCecil HoffmanLaurie's InterpreterLiz SagalEllen ShannonH. Richard GreeneMr. HendricksJack BlackCurtis WilliamsDon KeeferBilly ShaugerHarvey JasonRabbi Barry WaldLynnda FergusonJulia HuttonTime WintersKevin BussKatherine JamesJaniceRaffi Di BlasioKevin QuinnBruce GrayMr. FennClaire MalisMrs. FennDebbie McLeodJoyce BussBobby HarwellJohn EmmanuelJordan BakerDistrict AttorneyKate FugleiReporter #2Kenneth KimminsSurgeonChristopher AllportMichael ElysePatricia GaulMarjorie PugenDiana CastleRev. ClarkTerrence HowardMalikSteve ParlavecchioTonyRobert Lamar KempParamedicEdith FieldsSelmaLinda KernsMrs. PiperDebra ChristoffersonCouncilwoman Mary McMurtryGregory ItzinMichael KramerMartin DavisBlack Kid #2Bob WaltonReporter #1Kevin SmetsTimmy HendricksCatherine RichardsonInterpreterRob BrownsteinDr. GrondowMuriel MinotBerniceShashawnee HallDr. ZawodskiJordan BondJoshuaWendy WorthingtonHeloiseChuck KovacicJohnsonPaul WinfieldJudge Harold NanceChad WoodJason HendricksPatrick Thomas O'BrienJohn VermetteBrian WagnerWhitakerNelson MashitaAnesthesiologistLisa CordrayReporter #1Ed KochEd KochBarry O'NeillAndySusan KrebsHomeless WomanAllen BloomfieldFrank DeenieRobert NechesParent #1Linnea DuvallReporter #1Natalija NogulichLouise TalbotLouise FletcherChristine BeyCarrie GenzelAmySage JusticeMayor Pugen's DaughterLinda GehringerMarcia BanksJessica TuckK.C.Raye BirkMike CatonCharles HallahanGreg StoneLisa BlountMelanie MarinoMichael J. 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