I’LL BE SEEING YOU

US, 2002, 96 minutes, Colour.
Alison Eastwood, Bo Svenson, Margot Kidder,
Directed by Will Dixon.

I’ll Be Seeing You is a standard telemovie version of a story by Mary Higgins Clark. The central focus is a very strong woman, played by Alison Eastwood, who lives with her mother running a centre for tourists. Her father has disappeared and the insurance company will not pay on his death policy because there is no body. At a charity function, a woman behaves mysteriously which leads to her investigating a racket involving the sale of children, involving some doctors and social workers.

There is also the subplot about her missing father, revealed as having a separate family in Arizona, with Margot Kidder as his other partner. Her daughter was seeking out the other family when she was stalked and murdered.

This means another subplot with the stalker, his fascination with Alison Eastwood, infiltrating her home,ultimately abducting her.

Co-star is Bo Svenson, a friendly a family friend – but, obviously, sinister.

1. A Mary Higgins Clark story? Mystery, romance? The target audience?


2. Television movie style, for the intended audience? The touch of soap opera, romance, melodrama?

3. The locations, the town in winter, the farm, home, hospitals? The contrast with Arizona, the city, homes? The musical score?

4. The opening, Catherine and the bus, walking in the snow, the stalker, mistaken identity, her resistance, the murder?

5. Patricia and her mother, missing their dead father, lack of tourists, financial difficulties, the insurance on his policy, the lack of a body? Philip Carter, his
support and friendship, Patricia’s father’s office? Cleaning it out? Philip’s advice?

6. Going to the charity occasion, in memory of her father, meeting the woman, her fears, talking to Philip? The pregnant woman, asking for her inheritance, suspicions?

7. The foundation, the hospital, the murdered woman, as an employee, the documents, her father signing them? Patricia going to the hospital, meeting the other doctor? His telephone call? The background of intrigue?

8. The detective, discussions with Patricia, his work, interest?

9. Patricia examining the accounts, the two hundred thousand dollar cheque? The firm in Arizona? Her decision to go, discovering Frances, the fact of the other family, Catherine? Their knowing about Patricia and her mother? The effect on Patricia, the truth? The two families? The father supporting both?
Frances’ later visit and just looking and leaving?

10. The subplot, the stalker, his jobs, asking about tourism and the horse riding? going into the house? Following Patricia? Confronting her? Taking her? The rescue, just in time?

11. The truth, Philip Carter, the death of the doctor, his plans, the finance in children-dealing, his threats, his death?

12. The resolution Patricia, her mother? The role of the detective?

13. The popular ingredients with this kind of story?