The Teller and the Truth (2015)
For every missing person, there's a story. Within every story, lies the truth.
82 min
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
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Leilani Galvan as Francis Wetherbee
- Russell Gustave Ochoa as Oliver Pearce
- Helena Stoddard as Bianca Pearce
- Diane Perella as Narrator
- Carl Westergren as Paul A. McQueen
- Harold McMillan as Haze Michael
- Michael Glasscock as Tobin
- Keith Sloan as Willie
- Anastasia Andres as Elder Francis
- Olivia Bell as Young Francis
Crew
- Andrew Shapter · Director
- Nevie Owens · Writer
- Andrew Shapter · Writer
- Christina Fernandez · Producer
- Nicole Rodan · Producer
- Andrew Shapter · Producer
- Carl Thiel · Composer
- Josh Marr · Cinematographer
- Andrew Shapter · Cinematographer
- Sandra Adair · Editor
- Nevie Owens · Editor
- Andrew Shapter · Editor