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William Bast (writer)
Release Date:
10 February 1975 (USA) more
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Lizzie Borden took an ax, gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, gave her father forty-one.
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A dramatization of the famous 1893 Massachusetts trial of the woman accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an ax. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations more
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Director Wendkos Dies
(From WENN. 14 November 2009, 6:06 AM, PST)
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Lizzie goes from witch to slasher! more (32 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Elizabeth Montgomery | ... | Lizzie Borden | |
| Fionnula Flanagan | ... | Bridget Sullivan | |
| Ed Flanders | ... | Hosea Knowlton | |
| Katherine Helmond | ... | Emma Borden | |
| Don Porter | ... | George Robinson | |
| Fritz Weaver | ... | Mr. Andrew Borden | |
| Bonnie Bartlett | ... | Sylvia Knowlton | |
| John Beal | ... | Dr. Bowen | |
| Helen Craig | ... | Mrs. Abby Borden | |
| Alan Hewitt | ... | Mayor Coughlin | |
| Gail Kobe | ... | Alice Russell | |
| Robert Symonds | ... | Andrew Jennings | |
| Hayden Rorke | ... | Julien Ralph | |
| Iggie Wolfington | ... | Store proprietor | |
| Amzie Strickland | ... | Adelaide Churchill |
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100 min
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Anachronisms: High voltage power cables on pylons can be seen on the hills behind the Borden house. more
Quotes:
Adelaide Churchill:
Lizzie what's wrong?
Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Borden:
Oh Mrs Churchill, do come in. Someone has killed Father.
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Referenced in Little Nicky (2000) more
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I love this movie for two reasons: a big crush on Liz Montgomery and an interest in the case of Lizzie Borden. I don't know how she got this role, but she quickly goes from a sexy witch into a very scary and unstable psychopath, a role she soon excelled in two other TV-movies. This movie is chilling as it recreates the murders and the actual Borden house's floorplans to document and terrify the audience with a pseudo-documentary feel and psychological touch of suspense. The other roles were filled with lookalike actors and forms the atmosphere that you are really there in Fall River as the murders and trial occur. Some of the historical facts of the case and some witnesses are omitted for a more clearer script and continuity. The film also seems to suggest that Lizzie could see her stepmother's dead body from the top step long before it had been discovered [the father had been discovered first and had been killed sometime after he had been noticed. The bodies were found in the reverse order that they had been killed.}. This movie does remind me a touch of Lizzie's male counterpart, Jack The Ripper, whose movie starring Michael Caine also used very speculatory data to deduce the killer. Both movies are very chilling and true to their period with very dark primal undertones. This movie is a bit more than a cult classic, it's a TV-movie that should have been released theatrically. Someone ought to get on the ball and put this out on video for more people to appreciate it.