Arthur Miller's timeless tale of truth on trial.
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.
Daniel Day-Lewis Winona Ryder Paul Scofield Joan Allen Bruce Davison Rob Campbell Jeffrey Jones Peter Vaughan Karron Graves Charlayne Woodard Frances Conroy Elizabeth Lawrence George Gaynes Mary Pat Gleason Robert Breuler Rachael Bella Ashley Peldon Tom McDermott John Griesemer Michael Gaston William Preston Ruth Maleczech Sheila Pinkham Peter Maloney Kali Rocha Taylor Stanley Lian-Marie Holmes Charlotte Melen Carmella Riley Jessie Kilguss Simone Marean Amee Gray Anna V. Boksenbaum Mary Reardon Alexander Streit Michael McKinstry Dorothy Brodesser Dossy Peabody Mara Clark Jane Pulkkinen Katrina Nevin Will Lyman Karen MacDonald Sheila Ferrini June Lewin Ken Cheeseman Steven Ochoa Paul Bronk Duncan B. Putney Dale Resteghini J.T. Turner
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