The Teller and the Truth
2015In 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.
Acted in
Leilani Galvan
as Francis Wetherbee
Russell Gustave Ochoa
as Oliver Pearce
Helena Stoddard
as Bianca Pearce
Diane Perella
as Narrator (voice)
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
Jason Borkowski
as Roddy Wetherbee
Augustin Boyer
as Alexandre Deschanel
Randall Crow
as Fireman
David Herrington
as Mr. Gazley
Queon Hughes
as Young Willie
Dorothy Layne
as Princess
Mona Lee Fultz
as Janice
C.K. McFarland
as Maxie
Mamie Meek
as Cindy
Marco Perella
as FBI Agent Carl Winstead
Donald Redmon
as Young Tobin
Lonny Richardson
as Bastrop County Sheriff
Christopher Rogers
as Officer McBride
Valerie Kay Scott
as Ruby
Skeeter Sewart
as Skeeter Rooney
Steve Uzzell
as J.A. O'Brien
Claudia Valerio
as Francis' Mother
Andrew Westerkom
as Detective Staples
Todd V. Wolfson
as David Meckler