I Am the Night (TV Series)
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| I am the Night | ||
| Created by | Sam Sheridan | |
| Directed by | Patty Jenkins Victoria Mahoney Carl Franklin | |
| Starring | Chris Pine India Eisley Jefferson Mays Leland Orser Yul Vazquez Justin Cornwell Dylan Smith Golden Brooks Jay Paulson Connie Nielsen | |
| Composer(s) | David Lang | |
| Country of origin | United State | |
| Original language(s) | English | |
| No. of seasons | 1 | |
| No. of episodes | 6 (list of episodes) | |
| Production | ||
| Executive producer(s) | Patty Jenkins Chris Pine Carl Franklin Michael Sugar Sam Sheridan | |
| Producer(s) | Wayne Carmona | |
| Production location(s) | Los Angeles, California | |
| Cinematography | Matthew Jensen Trevor Forrest Michael McDonough | |
| Editor(s) | Dody Dorn Mark Yoshikawa | |
| Running time | 49–54 minutes | |
| Production company(s) | ||
| Release | ||
| Original network | TNT | |
| Original release | January 27 –<b>March 4, 2019 | |
I Am the Night is a six-episode American limited television series created and written by Sam Sheridan, starring Chris Pine and India Eisley. The series premiered on TNT on January 28, 2019, with a sneak peek of the first episode airing on January 27, 2019.
The series is inspired by the memoir One Day She'll Darken: The Mysterious Beginnings of Fauna Hodel, written by Fauna Hodel, documenting her unusual beginnings and the connection to her grandfather, George Hodel, a prime suspect in the infamous Black Dahlia murder mystery. A companion true-crime podcast, Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia was released in February 2019.
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Plot
Cast
- Chris Pine as Jay Singletary, a disgraced LA-based journalist and Korean War veteran who encounters Fauna Hodel as he investigates her grandfather, George Hodel.
- India Eisley as Fauna Hodel, who has grown up believing she's biracial but she begins investigating the truth about her biological mother and father.
- Jefferson Mays as George Hodel, Fauna's grandfather, a prominent, powerful, and dangerous LA-based physician who was a suspect in the Black Dahlia murder.
- Connie Nielsen as Corinna Hodel, George Hodel's now divorced second wife.
- Leland Orser as Peter Sullivan, Jay Singletary's editor and mentor.
- Yul Vazquez as Billis, a LAPD sergeant detective known for his brutal tactics.
- Jay Paulson as Ohls, an LAPD detective and a Korean War vet who owes his life to Jay.
- Golden Brooks as Jimmie Lee Greenwade, Fauna's adoptive mother who has kept Fauna's origins secret from her.
- Theo Marshall as Detective Cuddy.
- Jamie Anne Allman as Tamar Hodel, George Hodel's daughter and Fauna's birth mother.
- Monique Green as Nina, Fauna's cousin.
- Shoniqua Shondai as Tina, Fauna's cousin who warns her about investigating her white family.
- Justin Cornwell as Terrence Shye, a friend of the Lee family who takes a romantic interest in Fauna.
- Dylan Smith as Sepp, George Hodel's right-hand man.
Episodes
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Notes
- 1. <b>^</b> A sneak peek of the pilot aired on January 27, 2019, before the premiere of the pilot in its regular timeslot on January 28, 2019.
