Neil Patrick Jordan (born 25 February 1950) is an Irish filmmaker and novelist. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Crying Game (1992).
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Rhoda Penmark appears to be a pleasant, charming and obedient young girl, but when one of her classmates dies under mysterious circumstances, her mother Christine begins to suspect that Rhoda murdered him, and may have killed before.