Episode
Dateline: Killer Role
Overview
After filming wraps on an indie horror film, the cast and crew learn their killer star isn’t who she says she is. It’s a plot twist that reveals a real-life killer. Keith Morrison reports.
Details
- Series
- Dateline
- Season
- Season 29
- Episode
- Episode 44
- Air date
- 2021-04-30
Episode context
Killer Role is Episode 44 in Season 29 of Dateline. It aired on 2021-04-30.
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