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5.6/10   414 votes
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Director:
Fred Walton
Writers:
William X. Kienzle (novel)
Elmore Leonard (writer) ...
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Release Date:
9 August 1989 (France) more
Plot:
A priest is put in a dilemma when the serial killer who has been murdering priests and nuns confesses to him. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
User Comments:
The Really Awful Murders more

Cast

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Roger Angelini ... Brainard

Anita Barone ... Irene Jimenez
B. Constance Barry ... Sister Grace
Belinda Bauer ... Pat Lennon
Doris Biscoe ... Woman Newscaster
Sandy Broad ... Librarian
Keith Brooks ... Altar Boy
Bethany Carpenter ... Nancy Baldwin
Joseph Conrad ... Schommer
Richard Cottrell ... Officer Mills
John Danelle ... Detective Harris
Leila Danette ... Mrs. Washington
Charles Durning ... Father Ted Nabors
Bruce Economou ... Priest at Party
Rex Everhart ... Father Skiarski
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Additional Details

Runtime:
105 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Germany:16 | Australia:M | Iceland:14 | USA:R (certificate #28419) | UK:18 | UK:15 (re-rating) (2005)
Filming Locations:
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Company:
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References Psycho (1960) more
Soundtrack:
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The Really Awful Murders, 16 September 2008
1/10
Author: eucalyptus9 from Australia

I can't believe that anybody has a good thing to say about this movie. It's full of old hoary clichés about the Catholic Church; full of unnecessary filler-type sub-plots; the main plot centres around a series of truly preposterous killings in which the names of the victims are related to the 10 Commandments (although in some cases, the link is pretty tenuous); the dialogue is awful (Elmore Leonard really had an off-day with this one); and the acting atrocious. Donald Sutherland has made some good movies - "Don't Look Now", for instance - but he's also had his share of shockers, and this one ranks right up there. The vacant, sleep-walking style adopted in this film gets tiresome very quickly. None of the other actors has much to do, and they all act accordingly, as though they really had better things to do.

It gets 1/10 because I watched it to the end - a mistake, perhaps, since the end was as ludicrous as the rest, but maybe I was hoping Donald might get something to wake him up. Like a bullet.

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