Summary
A teenage girl and a disgraced journalist find themselves drawn into a web of secrets revolving around 1940s Los Angeles' most infamous cold case. Chris Pine stars.
A teenage girl and a disgraced journalist find themselves drawn into a web of secrets revolving around 1940s Los Angeles' most infamous cold case. Chris Pine stars.
1960s Los Angeles has been dark for most of this drama – lots of scenes taking place in Edward Hopper-like night-time bars, as journalist Jay and teenager Fauna follow their own paths to the truth. This week the scenery changes, as the pair head to Hawaii in search of Fauna’s birth mother, Tamar Hodel. But as the saying goes, be careful what you wish for. For Fauna, what she hears is almost beyond comprehension.
As for Jay, the stakes are getting higher in his obsessive determination to solve the case that destroyed his career. I Am the Night is undoubtedly powerful, but it’s not exactly uplifting, and it’s not helped by the inclusion of some grisly photographs of the real-life Black Dahlia murder from the 1940s. It’s been a while since I’ve watched a series that’s left me feeling this grubby.
role | name |
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Jay Singletary | Chris Pine |
Fauna Hodel | India Eisley |
Pat | India Eisley |
George Hodel | Jefferson Mays |
Peter Sullivan | Leland Orser |
Billis | Yul Vazquez |
Sepp | Dylan Smith |
Jimmy Lee | Golden Brooks |
Corinna Hodel | Connie Nielsen |
Tamar Hodel | Jamie Anne Allman |
Macho Sailor | Brent Chase |
role | name |
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Director | Carl Franklin |
Writer | Sam Sheridan |
Writer | Fauna Hodel |
Writer | Monica Beletsky |
Producer | Wayne Carmona |
Composer | David Lang |
Editor | Dody Dorn |
Production designer | Julie Berghoff |
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1960s Los Angeles has been dark for most of this drama – lots of scenes taking place in Edward Hopper-like night-time bars, as journalist Jay and teenager Fauna follow their own paths to the truth. This week the scenery changes, as the pair head to Hawaii in search of Fauna’s birth mother, Tamar Hodel. But as the saying goes, be careful what you wish for. For Fauna, what she hears is almost beyond comprehension.
As for Jay, the stakes are getting higher in his obsessive determination to solve the case that destroyed his career. I Am the Night is undoubtedly powerful, but it’s not exactly uplifting, and it’s not helped by the inclusion of some grisly photographs of the real-life Black Dahlia murder from the 1940s. It’s been a while since I’ve watched a series that’s left me feeling this grubby.
role | name |
---|---|
Jay Singletary | Chris Pine |
Fauna Hodel | India Eisley |
Pat | India Eisley |
George Hodel | Jefferson Mays |
Peter Sullivan | Leland Orser |
Billis | Yul Vazquez |
Sepp | Dylan Smith |
Jimmy Lee | Golden Brooks |
Corinna Hodel | Connie Nielsen |
Tamar Hodel | Jamie Anne Allman |
Macho Sailor | Brent Chase |
role | name |
---|---|
Director | Carl Franklin |
Writer | Sam Sheridan |
Writer | Fauna Hodel |
Writer | Monica Beletsky |
Producer | Wayne Carmona |
Composer | David Lang |
Editor | Dody Dorn |
Production designer | Julie Berghoff |