Movie
A Killing in a Small Town
1990 · 100 min
A sober, quietly unsettling true-crime drama that lingers on a calm facade hiding violence, building dread through interrogation and courtroom procedure.
- Directed by
- Stephen Gyllenhaal
- Genres
- Drama, Tv movie, Crime
- Starring
- Barbara Hershey, Brian Dennehy, John Terry
- Overview
- 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.
- How it feels
- Dark, tense, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Deception, guilt, morality, betrayal
- Content
- Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Stephen Gyllenhaal
- Genres
- Drama, Tv movie, Crime
- Starring
- Barbara Hershey, Brian Dennehy, John Terry
