The Lesser Evil (1998 film)
The Lesser Evil is a 1998 American psychological thriller film directed by David Mackay.
Plot
Four old friends, Derek, George, Ivan, and Frank, are reunited when they become suspects in a double murder that took place twenty years before, when they were teenagers. The four covered it up and have now become successful professionals with seemingly normal lives. The story switches back and forth between the past and present day. As the police investigation closes in on the four men, they turn on each other. It is clear that one of them will take the blame or being convicted.Cast
- Colm Feore as Derek Eastman, a lumberyard businessman
- *Jonathan Scarfe as Young Derek
- Tony Goldwyn as Frank O'Brian, a police officer
- *Steven Petrarca as Young Frank
- Arliss Howard as Ivan Williams, a Catholic priest
- *Marc Worden as Young Ivan
- David Paymer as George, a lawyer
- *Adam Scott as Young George
- Jack Kehler as Hardaway, a detective involved with a twenty year crime
- Mason Adams as Derek's father