Synopsis: When a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Jackson Kinley, of true crimes returns to his hometown in Georgia, it isn't long before he is involved in a forty-year-old case about a teenage girl who had been murdered. Together, with the daughter of the man convicted of the crime, they find themselves caught up in a conspiracy of devastating proportions...but even more, as the story moves towards its terrifying climax, it also reveals something very personal about Kinley's own family.

Cast:
David Strathairn .... Jackson Kinley
Mary McDonnell .... Dora Overton
Sean McCann .... Theodore Warfield
Chris Wiggins .... Horace Talbott
Jackie Burroughs .... Granny Dollar
Nancy Beatty .... Mrs. Dinker
Marnie McPhail .... Edna Mae Kinley
Bernard Behrens .... Dr. Vernon Stark
Mert Hatfield .... Thomas Warfield
Dean McDermott .... Young Harlan Wade
Géza Kovács .... Luther Snow
Doug Lennox .... Harlan Wade
Linda Goranson .... Mrs. Hunter
Stuart Hughes .... Young Luther Snow
Norma Dell'Agnese .... Kitty Slater

Favorite Quotes:
• Reporter: "You don't look like a man who's just witnessed an execution."
Jackson: "What's a man who's witnessed an execution supposed to look like?"

• Dora: "You're never gonna tell me, are you?"
Jackson: "Tell you what?"
Dora: "Everything. What you found."
Jackson: "What I found? ...You."

Notes:
• Evidence of Blood marked the fifth reunion for David and Mary McDonnell. The two had previously co-starred in Matewan, Sneakers, The American Clock and Passion Fish together.

Critical Praise & Commentary:
• "Every aspect of this film is solid, from a believable story to likeable, realistic characters. David Strathairn is every bit the small town boy who grew into a famous author. Aloof and mysterious, he holds your attention as he struggles with the mystery." -Diane Selkirk, Apollo Movie Guide

• "Strathairn--recently seen in L.A. Confidential and less recently on TV's The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd--is solid and severe in the role of a man quietly capable but emotionally incomplete. (You wouldn't think, watching the actor, that he's an alumnus of the Ringling Clown College.)" -Robert Lloyd, LA Weekly

• "David Strathairn is a low-key but terrific actor and I really enjoy his work, as in this film." -Lotta Reviews