The Face of Fear

The Face of Fear is a 1990 American television film directed by Farhad Mann and starring Pam Dawber and Lee Horsley. It is based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Dean Koontz, who also co-wrote the teleplay with Alan Jay Glueckman. Plot During a snowstorm, a killer traps a former mountain climber who has psychic powers and his fiancee in a New York skyscraper office building. In order to escape, they will have to face impossible odds by rappelling down the outside of the building as if it is a mountain. thumbnail|Swedish VHS cover. (The English language version is mostly identical.) Cast Pam Dawber as Connie Weaver Lee Horsley as Graham Harris Bob Balaban as Ira Preduski William Sadler as Anthony Prine Kevin Conroy as Frank Dwight Bollinger Production To create some of the scenes in the movie Pam Dawber had to be suspended from ropes. She had initially expected that most of the rappelling scenes would be filmed by stunt doubles, but found that the cast had to do many of their own stunts. Dawson had chosen to film The Face of Fear as it was different from the roles she was typically offered at the time, which she described as "the nice girl or the mom". Actor Lee Horsley experienced some difficulty while filming, as his character had a phobia of heights and Horsley himself was not. He had to use one of his own phobias, claustrophobia, to evoke the emotions needed for Graham.