The Teller and the Truth

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.

Cast

Leilani Galvan Francis Wetherbee

Russell Gustave Ochoa Oliver Pearce

Helena Stoddard Bianca Pearce

Diane Perella Narrator (voice)

Carl Westergren Paul A. McQueen

Harold McMillan Haze Michael

Michael Glasscock Tobin

Keith Sloan Willie

Anastasia Andres Elder Francis

Olivia Bell Young Francis

Jason Borkowski Roddy Wetherbee

Augustin Boyer Alexandre Deschanel

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