A television movie on the investigation and arrest of the man convicted as the "Night Stalker" serial killer has wrapped up production.

The NBC movie, tentatively titled "Trackdown: The Search for the Night Stalker," ends with the arrest of Richard Ramirez, said Gillian Rees, NBC director of media relations for movies and miniseries.It is expected to be telecast in November during the "sweeps" month.

The movie focuses more on the investigators than Ramirez, 29, who appears only briefly in the film when he is arrested.

Ramirez was convicted of 13 murders and 30 felonies last week by a jury that decided he was the devil-worshiping "Night Stalker," whose nocturnal attacks terrified California in 1985.

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The sentencing phase of Ramirez's trial begins Sept. 27.

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