The Teller and the Truth

For every missing person, there's a story. Within every story, lies the truth.

The Teller and the Truth — Plot

In 1974, 24 year-old Francis Wetherbee, a bank teller who is the subject of small-town envy and gossip, disappears from her hometown of Smithville, Texas two weeks after her fiance's bank is robbed. Her car is dredged from the bottom of a local river but it yields no clues. After a vigorous but futile search for the missing woman, the authorities give up, and Francis recedes into legend--until the case is revisited nearly 40 years later when key figures in her life come forward with theories and clues surrounding her disappearance. The film then morphs from documentary style to narrative as the odyssey of Francis' life unfolds for the audience and the truth is revealed.

• Release date
• November 1, 2015
• Runtime
• 82 min
• Genres
• Crime, Romance
• Director
• Andrew Shapter

The Teller and the Truth — Cast

Leilani Galvan Francis Wetherbee

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Russell Gustave Ochoa Oliver Pearce

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Helena Stoddard Bianca Pearce Diane Perella Narrator (voice)

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Carl Westergren Paul A. McQueen

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Harold McMillan Haze Michael

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Michael Glasscock Tobin

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Keith Sloan Willie