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They Only Kill Their Masters is a 1972 American mystery film directed by James Goldstone, written by Lane Slate, and starring James Garner and Katharine Ross, with a supporting cast featuring Hal Holbrook, June Allyson, Tom Ewell, Peter Lawford, Edmond O'Brien, and Arthur O'Connell. The title refers to Doberman dogs that might have been responsible for a woman's murder currently under investigation by the local police chief (Garner).
Garner wrote in his memoirs that "I'd rather not talk about" the film.
Plot
In the sleepy California coastal town of Eden Landing, police chief Abel Marsh returns from vacation to learn that divorcée Jenny Campbell has been killed by her pet Doberman, Murphy, on the shore of her beachfront home.
Abel visits Dr. Warren Watkins, the veterinarian who tranquilized the dog when it was found over Jenny's dead body. Abel meets Watkins' new nurse, Kate Bingham, who objects to the dog being euthanized. Sarcastically telling Abel that "they only kill their masters," she shows him how Murphy responds readily to voice commands. When she says that dogs usually attack the throat, Abel wonders why the dead woman's bites were only on her extremities, and he orders an autopsy. The pathologist discovers that Jenny died from drowning in fresh water laced with salt. He also learns that Jenny was pregnant. Abel realizes that Murphy did not cause her death, and that her injuries came from the dog pulling her dead body out of the ocean.
Abel questions Jenny's ex-husband, wealthy playboy Lee Campbell, who reveals that he divorced his sexually adventurous wife because she fell in love with another woman. Abel returns to the dead woman’s house with Kate, ostensibly because he wants her help in looking around. Kate, who has softened toward Abel, confirms that the bathtub was cleaned with industrial disinfectant and he tells her it is the likely scene of the murder. Abel takes Murphy in and they begin to bond. Kate and Abel's relationship progresses also and they spend the night together.
Head Sheriff Daniel Streeter, Abel's long-time friend, questions Abel's handling of the case but agrees that he should remain in charge. Abel goes to the dead woman’s house to conduct a previously arranged interview with Lee Campbell, only to find the home on fire and Campbell inside the bedroom, dying of stab wounds. By the time the police arrive, Campbell has died and the home has been reduced to ashes. A young patrolman explains that the emergency crews were delayed by a sports car blocking the tunnel.
Back at his home, Abel wonders why Murphy did not bark at the arsonist. Abel taps him on the snout, unaware that it is a command for the dog to assume attack mode. Abel returns the animal to Dr. Watkins.
In the morning, Abel begins to wonder how Kate knew the dog's name. Kate, realizing that Abel suspects her, does not answer him until he tosses her onto her bed menacingly. Shaken, she relates that it was Dr. Watkins who told her the dog’s name. Deducing that Watkins has known Murphy for a long time, Abel arrests him for the murders. Watkins escapes by injecting Abel with an animal euthanasia drug. Abel manages to radio in a call for help but passes out while chasing Watkins.
Abel wakes up in hospital. He learns from Streeter that the drug has been flushed from his system and Watkins has so far evaded capture. The next morning Abel tracks down the veterinarian, who asserts that he did not kill anyone. As they walk downstairs, Watkins' wife hits Abel from behind. Watkins runs outside, where he is shot by Streeter. Over her husband's dead body, Mrs. Watkins reveals that she was Jenny's lover, but when Jenny seduced the doctor as well, she killed Jenny and Lee Campbell, and her husband helped to cover both crimes.
Cast
Production notes
The movie was filmed from late July to early September, 1972. It was the last major film shot on MGM's backlot before it was sold and redeveloped. Several former MGM stars accepted supporting roles in the film because it gave them the opportunity to be in the last film shot on the backlot. Other scenes were filmed at the Paradise Cove Pier, Paradise Cove in Malibu, California. Two years later, when Garner starred in the television series The Rockford Files, Rockford's trailer was also located at Paradise Cove.
The small town police chief concept and its main character Abel Marsh were reworked several times by writer Lane Slate. The first attempt followed a year later with Isn't It Shocking?, starring Alan Alda as similar character Dan Barnes and the setting relocated to rural New England, though filmed in Oregon. 1974 brought a similar character named Sam McNeill (Andy Griffith) in Winter Kill, intended as the pilot for a series set in a California mountain resort. Griffith tried again in 1975 with the short-lived TV series Adams of Eagle Lake, which lasted two episodes; the character was renamed Sam Adams. Two more reworkings followed in 1976 and 1977 starring Griffith, with the character's name restored to Abel Marsh: The Girl in the Empty Grave and Deadly Game.
See also
List of American films of 1972
References
External links
They Only Kill Their Masters at the Internet Movie Database
James Garner Interview on the Charlie Rose Show
James Garner interview at Archive of American Television - (c/o Google Video) - March 17, 1999
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They Only Kill Their Masters: Directed by James Goldstone. With James Garner, Katharine Ross, Hal Holbrook, Harry Guardino. California small town police chief investigates a suspicious …
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Murphy's been charged with a savage murder, condemned to die, then given a reprieve when the autopsy of the victim reveals startling new evidence. Murphy is a Doberman Pinscher. James …
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When actors have characters and plots to plug into, they’re home free. But when they’re asked to carry a role almost entirely with their own mannerisms, a kind of quiet desperation sets in. …
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Murphy is a Doberman Pinscher. James Garner portrays affable lawman Abel Marsh, who takes possession of the dog and of the case that's disrupted the tiny California coast town of Eden …
They Only Kill Their Masters (1972) - Turner Classic Movies
In the sleepy California coastal town of Eden Landing, police chief Abel Marsh returns from vacation to learn that reclusive divorcée Jenny Campbell has been killed, presumably by her …
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Off the shores of the beach-front town of Eden Landing, California, the dead body of thirty-nine year old divorcée Jenny Campbell is found washed up on the beach, hovered over by her pet …
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When a woman is mysteriously killed in the small coastal town of Eden Landing, Police Chief Abel Marsh (James Garner) investigates. Initially, he's inclined to...
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They Only Kill Their Masters is a 1972 American mystery film directed by James Goldstone, written by Lane Slate, and starring James Garner and Katharine Ross, with a supporting cast …
