THE KILLING ANGLE
LOU PARKER thought he had it made. After ten years in the Secret Service tracking threat letters, he 'retired' to a kick back job as Head Of Security for a luxury hotel in the Tropics. Plenty of time to relax and enjoy the scenery... Especially the female kind.
But when Parker lays eyes on Tania Lehman, he knows he's in trouble. She is beautiful, seductive, and married to a powerful and secretive businessman, Charles Lehman... famous for investigating everyone he comes into contact with. Two day later, Parker and Tania are hoping Lehman doesn't discover them in bed together. As their passion increases, Parker realizes he's fallen for this woman. Fallen HARD.
Lehman is on the run from the law after embezzling millions from his chain of savings and loans. The law in this case is hard-edged FBI Agent Wally Burnett, who's tailed Lehman and his wife to the tropics... following the stolen money.
When Parker goes to Tania's room for a little 'afternoon delight', he finds Lehman dead, Tania and the money gone... And realizes he has been set up to take the fall by somebody with access to the VIP floor. A celebrity murderer.
Parker turns detective, viewing the hotel's security video tapes and slyly interviewing the Hotel's VIP guests. Everyone on the VIP floor has a motive, and no one is who they seem to be. All of the clues point in different directions.
And the security videos show four very different angles showing four very different killers leaving the scene of the crime. It's video "Rashomon". Parker must race against time to find the real killer, before he is arrested for Lehman's murder.
But time is running out. After a violent encounter with Burnett, Parker realizes he might not even get out of this alive.
"THE KILLING ANGLE" is a mystery-thriller in the Hitchcock tradition, with dozens of twists. Part 'Body Heat', part 'Grand Hotel', part 'The Fugitive', part 'Rear Window'. When crime in the streets, meet crime in the suites.
"THE KILLING ANGLE" a screenplay by William C. Martell
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