Killing Mr. Griffin (film)

1997 American TV series or program

Killing Mr. Griffin
Promotional poster
Genre	Thriller Drama
Based on	Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
Written by	Michael Angeli Kathleen Rowell
Directed by	Jack Bender
Starring	Scott Bairstow Amy Jo Johnson Mario Lopez Maitland Ward Jay Thomas
Music by	Christophe Beck
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Willard Carroll Bonnie Raskin Thomas L. Wilhite
Producer	Suzy Beugen
Cinematography	David Geddes
Editor	Mark Melnick
Running time	89 minutes
Production companies	Hyperion Pictures Bonnie Raskin Productions NBC Studios
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	April 7, 1997 (1997-04-07)

Killing Mr. Griffin is a 1997 American television film directed by Jack Bender and starring Jay Thomas, Scott Bairstow, Mario Lopez, and Amy Jo Johnson. The film is based on Killing Mr. Griffin, a 1978 novel by Lois Duncan.

Synopsis

After being humiliated in English class by his teacher Mr. Griffin (Thomas), popular high-school student Mark Kinney (Bairstow) wants his revenge. With his friends, he plans to kidnap Mr. Griffin, using his girlfriend Susan (Amy Jo Johnson) as bait, to frighten Mr. Griffin and photograph him and expose him for the fatuous phony that he seems to be. The prank goes wrong, though, when Griffin dies from heart failure. Now, Mark and his friends must cover their tracks before they are accused of murder.

Cast

Scott Bairstow as Mark Kinney
Amy Jo Johnson as Susan McConnell
Chris Young as Jeff Garrett
Mario Lopez as Dave Ruggles
Michelle Williams as Maya
Jay Thomas as John Griffin
Maitland Ward as Candice Lee
Denise Dowse as Detective Pruitt
Joey Zimmerman as Nicholas McConnell
Paul Linke as Coach

External links

Killing Mr. Griffin at IMDb
Killing Mr. Griffin at Rotten Tomatoes

Films directed by Jack Bender

Deadly Messages (1985)
The Midnight Hour (1985)
The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story (1990)
Child's Play 3 (1991)
Armed and Innocent (1994)
Family Album (1994)
A Face to Die For (1996)
Sweet Dreams (1996)
Friends 'Til the End (1997)
Killing Mr. Griffin (1997)
The Tempest (1998)
It Came from the Sky (1999)
The Lone Ranger (2003)
Rewind (2013)
Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen (2018)

v t e Lois Duncan
Novels	Love Song for Joyce (1958) Debutante Hill (1958) A Promise for Joyce (1959) The Middle Sister (1960) Game of Danger (1962) Season of the Two-Heart (1965) Point of Violence (1966) Ransom (1966) They Never Came Home (1968) Major Andre, Brave Enemy (1968) Peggy (1970) Hotel for Dogs (1971) A Gift of Magic (1971) I Know What You Did Last Summer (1973) When the Bough Breaks (1973) Down a Dark Hall (1974) Summer of Fear (1976) Killing Mr. Griffin (1978) Daughters of Eve (1979) Stranger with My Face (1981) The Third Eye (1984) Locked in Time (1985) The Twisted Window (1987) Don't Look Behind You (1989) Gallows Hill (1997) News for Dogs (2009) Movie for Dogs (2010)
Picture books	The Littlest One in the Family (1959) Silly Mother (1962) Giving Away Suzanne (1962) The Terrible Tales of Happy Days School (1983) Horses of Dreamland (1985) Wonder Kid Meets the Evil Lunch Snatcher The Birthday Moon (1989) The Circus Comes Home (1993) The Magic of Spider Woman (1996) The Longest Hair in the World (1999) I Walk at Night (2000) Song of the Circus (2002)
Nonfiction	How to Write and Sell Your Personal Experiences (1979) Chapters: My Growth as a Writer (1982) Who Killed My Daughter? (1992) Psychic Connections (1995) One to the Wolves (2013)
Poetry collections	From Spring to Spring (1983) Seasons of the Heart (2007)
Film adaptations	Summer of Fear (1978) I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) Killing Mr. Griffin (1997) I've Been Waiting for You (1998) Don't Look Behind You (1999) Held for Ransom (2000) Hotel for Dogs (2009) Stranger with My Face (2009) Down a Dark Hall (2018)