Murder Ordained

Murder Ordained
Directed by	Mike Robe
Produced by	Zev Braun Kathleen Cromley
Written by	Mike Robe James Sadwith
Starring	Keith Carradine JoBeth Williams Kathy Bates John Goodman Terry Kinney
Music by	Frank Snow
Cinematography	Terry K. Meade
Editing by	Michael Eliot Benjamin A Weissman
Distributed by	CBS Entertainment Productions Interscope
Release date(s)	May 6, 1987
Running time	185 min
Language	English

Murder Ordained is 1987 Emmy-nominated CBS miniseries starring JoBeth Williams, Kathy Bates, and Keith Carradine. The telefilm, directed and co-written by Mike Robe, was inspired by real events that occurred in Emporia, Kansas. Much of the principal photography and filming occurred on location in Kansas and some of the dialogue comes directly from court transcripts.^[1] The film was subsequently released on VHS and DVD. The cast also included Terry Kinney, M. Emmet Walsh, John Goodman and Johnny Galecki.^[2]

Plot

Rev. Tom Bird (Terry Kinney), seemingly the perfect family man and Lutheran minister, becomes romantically involved with Lorna Anderson (JoBeth Williams), a new woman in town, openly unhappy with her hard-drinking husband, Marty (Terence Knox). Before long, the two are talking about fleeing Emporia, Kansas together to establish his dream of a family counseling center in New Mexico. He even talks about the possibility of a lucrative television ministry. But there are two nagging problems: their respective spouses. In July 1983, the body of Sandra Bird (Annabella Price) is discovered floating beneath a bridge in what looks like a car accident. But a traffic policeman named John Rule (Keith Carradine) becomes suspicious about the lack of skid marks and blood stains on the bridge. Unfortunatley, an official investigation stalls until Lorna's husband is also murdered.^[3]

References

1. ^ KEITH CARRADINE STARS IN 'MURDER ORDAINED' - Page 2 - New York Times
2. ^ Murder Ordained Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes
3. ^ Murder Ordained (TV 1987) - IMDb

External links

• Murder Ordained at the Internet Movie Database