- Source: Murder in Texas (film)
Murder in Texas is a 1981 television film starring Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, Farrah Fawcett, and Andy Griffith. The film was directed by William Hale, and was based on a true story; that was written for the TV screen by John McGreevey. It first aired on television in two parts on Sunday and Monday May 3–4, 1981.
Plot
Based on the true story of the death of Joan Robinson Hill, this film tells of a plastic surgeon who was suspected of causing the death of his first wife, the daughter of a wealthy member of Houston society. The circumstances around her death – which was never solved – are clouded by a suspiciously hasty embalming and a hurried burial. The doctor then marries his mistress. In spite of two autopsies showing that his daughter died of natural causes, Ash Robinson, convinced that his daughter was murdered, sets out single-handedly to find out the true cause of her death, determined to see that the doctor is punished.
Cast
Katharine Ross as Ann Kurth Hill
Sam Elliott as Dr. John Hill
Farrah Fawcett as Joan Robinson Hill
Andy Griffith as Ash Robinson
G. W. Bailey as Richard "Racehorse" Haynes
Barry Corbin as Dist. Atty. McMasters
Pamela Myers as Mary
Craig T. Nelson as Jack Ramsey
Royce Wallace as Wilma
Dimitra Arliss as Gina Meier
Jude Farese as Casselli
Philip Sterling as Dr. Helpern
Vernon Weddle as Dr. Joe
Lesley Woods as Reah Robinson
Parley Baer as Ann's attorney
Reception
The movie was highly ranked in the Nielsen ratings. Part I was the fifth-most popular show for the week ending May 3, and Part II was the most popular show of the following week.
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Murder in Texas at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Adam (film 1983)
- G.W. Bailey
- Hallmark Channel
- Edmund Burns
- Farrah Fawcett
- Donald MacBride
- Producers Releasing Corporation
- Spencer Charters
- Joseph Crehan
- Lee Shumway
- Murder in Texas (film)
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
- Murder of James Byrd Jr.
- Texas Killing Fields
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (franchise)
- Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder
- Diane Zamora
- Murder of Moriah Wilson
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022 film)
- Texas Seven
