A Killing in a Small Town

4.8 1990 100 min
Drama TV Movie Crime

The gory ax-murder of one suburban Texas housewife by another is nearly as shocking as the excuse offered by the bespectacled defendant's attorney: self-defense.

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Stephen Gyllenhaal

Cast

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Barbara Hershey Candy Morrison
Brian Dennehy Ed Reivers
John Terry Stan Blankenship
Richard Gilliland Dale Morrison
Lee Garlington Peggy Blankenship
Hal Holbrook Dr. Beardsley
Matthew Posey Norman Billings
James Monroe Black Dr. Giles
Dennis Letts Chief McAlester
Marco Perella Rick Slocum
Norman Bennett Jim Ramsey
Jerry Haynes Judge Scott
Rodger Boyce Rex Staples
Daphne Eckler Dede Alexander
Jan DeWitt Connie Keating
Charles Carroll Bob Shelton
Blue Deckert Andy Blassingame
Spencer Prokop Kevin Sanders

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