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Murder Ordained (1987) (TV)
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3 May 1987 (USA) morePlot:
This is the story of a minister who's feeling unhappy in his marriage. Who then has an affair with a church employee... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
This movie, I believe is true moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Keith Carradine | ... | Trooper John Rule | |
| JoBeth Williams | ... | Lorna Anderson | |
| Kathy Bates | ... | Bobbi Birk | |
| Guy Boyd | ... | Mike Buckley | |
| Joel Colodner | ... | Simon Long | |
| John Goodman | ... | Hugh Rayburn | |
| Robert Harper | ... | Warren | |
| Terence Knox | ... | Martin Anderson | |
| Darrell Larson | ... | Ronald Stark | |
| Annabella Price | ... | Sandy Bird | |
| Margot Rose | ... | Nancy Horst | |
| M. Emmet Walsh | ... | Vern Humphrey | |
| Terry Kinney | ... | Pastor Tom Bird | |
| Anne E. Curry | ... | Loraine Rule | |
| Bruce French | ... | Bruce Linton |
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Germany:185 min (2 parts) | USA:185 minCountry:
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1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Emporia, Kansas, USAFAQ
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I think this movie is excellent. I have followed this case for many years now and I have spoken to Dave Racer thru e-mail who wrote the book about this case and he was strongly trying to get me to see the other side. I read the book, I have seen the movie and I still feel the movie was accurate. I often wondered what the trooper, John Rule thought of the book caged bird and I just finished reading a newspaper article from 2004 that stated he did in fact read the book and he said he was even more convinced of what he believed to have happened. I warred with myself for years over Tom Bird's guilt or innocence and I personally believe he was somehow involved if not directly. The movie is dramatized in places but I think anybody can tell by watching it, that some places are speculation and not fact but I think it was pretty darn accurate even with the dramatization.