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Murder Ordained (1987) (TV)
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3 May 1987 (USA)
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This is the story of a minister who's feeling unhappy in his marriage. Who then has an affair with a church employee...
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Minister
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Church
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Conspiracy
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Multiple Murder
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Secretary
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Nominated for Primetime Emmy.
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1 nomination
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Pretty close to fact!
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Cast
(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 min
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Iceland:12 (part 1) |
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I spent ten years working at the correctional facility where both Tom Bird and Lorna Anderson did their time. Lorna was transferred when the female inmates were all sent to Topeka, but Tom Bird remained at Lansing Correctional Facility for his entire incarceration. The resemblance between the real Tom Bird and the actor was amazing. However, the children, especially the youngest girl could have been related. I remember one time feeling especially bad when the children flew in from another state to visit their father, I was working the visiting room at the time, and saw that the movie was playing on a local channel about the time the kids probably got to their motel. They would visit their father for 5 days in a row since they were so far away. The actors that played Tom Bird's parents were uncanny in their looks and actions as well. I suppose this did much to explain my high marks for the movie. I have seen many docu-dramas depend on sensationalism, but this one played it close to the vest, and really did get the point across about the relationship between the two. Unfortunately the movie was made before Lorna Anderson was convicted of her husband's death or before Tom Bird re-married. He was paroled just last year. I am hopeful there will be no cause to make a sequel about the murder of yet another Sandra Bird. Keith Carradine and Kathy Bates were excellent as well in the movie. Their performance was every bit as good as a huge production rather than a made for TV movie. They should all be commended for such good work. It is just sad that no studio will release this excellent work on DVD and the only way to see it is to catch it on late night TV.