Shaughnessy — Dance with Death Character Profile

About Shaughnessy

Undercover detective posing as a club patron to investigate the murders. He collaborates with the reporter, develops a romantic connection with her, but is revealed as the serial killer. He is confronted and burned to death in a warehouse after a ring stone clue is uncovered.

Shaughnessy — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Maxwell Caulfield

Appears in

Dance with Death (1992)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Shaughnessy — Alliance Investigative Partner — Kelly (Barbara Alyn Woods)

  Collaborative partnership formed to track the serial killer.

• Shaughnessy — Conflict Killer-Victim — Jodie (Catya Sassoon)

  Direct perpetrator-victim relationship revealed through physical evidence.

• Shaughnessy — Conflict Rival — Hopper (Drew Snyder)

  Fatal rivalry where the detective eliminates a potential loose end.

• Shaughnessy — Conflict Suspect Red Herring — Art (Martin Mull)

  Misdirection in the investigation that temporarily shifts suspicion away from the true killer.

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• Kelly (Barbara Alyn Woods)
• Art (Martin Mull)
• Jodie (Catya Sassoon)
• Hopper (Drew Snyder)
• Whitney (Tracey Burch)
• Punk #2 (Jon Freedman)
• Millie (Lisa Kudrow)
• Alley Shopper #1 (Liz Rogers)
• Kid (Joe Garcia)
• Punk #1 (Charles Philip Moore)
• Alley Shopper #2 (Rodger Halston)
• Stripper (uncredited) (Maria Ford)