The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer is a thriller/drama TV miniseries that first aired in 1999 in two parts. It starred Kevin Anderson, Naomi Watts and Tom Skerritt.
Anderson plays 1970s activist Ira Einhorn, who is charged with, and later convicted in absentia of, the murder of his girlfriend Holly Maddux (played by Watts). Skerritt plays Maddux's father, who tries to bring Einhorn to justice. The film was made for NBC Universal studios and aired in 1999 as a four-hour, two-part mini-film.
Kim Poirier's scenes were cut out of the film, she played a girl who had an affair with Ira.
Fact-based story about Ira Einhorn (Kevin Anderson), a 70's peace-nik who is generally credited as one of the founders of Earth Day. In the late 60's and early 70's, Ira lived with Holly Maddux (Naomi Watts). But when she tries to leave him in 1977, she suddenly disappears. Later her body is discovered in a trunk in Einhorn's apartment. Let out on bail, Einhorn flees from the country and manages to elude authorities for years. Meanwhile he is convicted in absentia and sentenced to prison. Holly's father (Tom Skerritt) is determined to see his daughter's murderer brought to justice and has him tracked and is eventually caught in France in 1997. Martin Donovan appears as the assistant D.A. who put the case together. Today, Einhorn is now appealing his conviction. Written by John Sacksteder
