The Killing Mind (TV 1991)

A female former FBI agent, now a cop in Los Angeles is assigned to catch a ballerina's murderer, but runs into resistance by fellow cops who don't think a woman detective can handle the case.

Director:

Michael Ray Rhodes

Writers:

Walter Halsey Davis, Vickie Patik

Stars:

Stephanie Zimbalist, Tony Bill, Daniel Roebuck

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Stephanie Zimbalist	...	Isobel Neiman
Tony Bill	...	Thomas Quinn
Daniel Roebuck	...	Dennis Jepson
K. Todd Freeman	...	Fred Robinson
Lee Tergesen	...	Ron Donoho
Candy Ann Brown	...	Sylvia
Stan Ivar	...	Captain Harris
John Durbin
Keith MacKechnie
Cameron Thor
Billy Beck	...	Digby
Gordon Currie	...	Pizza Boy
Tim De Zarn	...	Gordon Atherton
Danielle Harris	...	Young Isobel
Darlene Kardon	...	Mrs. Atherton

Storyline

A female former FBI agent, now a cop in Los Angeles is assigned to catch a ballerina's murderer, but runs into resistance by fellow cops who don't think a woman detective can handle the case.

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Plot Keywords:

fbi | ballerina | rooftop | practical joke | fbi profiler | 

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Genres:

Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violent content and drug references

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 April 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ballerinamordet

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hearst Entertainment Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

so-so cold case profiler cop movie

Yawn. A young girl comes across a crime scene where LAPD have discovered a dead woman dressed as a ballerina hanging over a hurricane fence topped with razor wire right by their station. Blood is still dripping from her.

Twenty years later, the young girl is now an FBI profiler, who is transferring to that station as a Sergeant to work in their Special Investigations Unit. The SIU is where all the bad cases are transferred, the ones the LAPD as a whole doesn't want to be blamed for not solving. SIU apparently also covers cold cases. She helps with a home invasion/burglar case, but is mainly concerned with reopening the ballerina murder case. She enlists the help of a reporter who had covered it, and some of the SIU cops.

This movie isn't terrible, but nothing struck me as too terribly interesting either. The murderer for me was pretty predictable. Oh well.