A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story (1992) (TV)

Director:

Martin Davidson

Writers (WGA):

Earl W. Wallace (written by) &
Pamela Wallace (written by) ...
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Release Date:

13 September 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Crime | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Adultery | Judge | Hung Jury | Courtroom | Flashback

Cast

Virginia Madsen	...	Carolyn Warmus
Chris Sarandon	...	Paul Solomon
Ned Eisenberg	...	Det. Richard Freedman
Tom Mason	...	Det. Mike McCormick
Robert Picardo	...	David Lewis
William H. Macy	...	Sean Hammel
Olivia Burnette	...	Kristan Solomon
Jay Acovone	...	Lt. Robert Carlino
Johnny Williams	...	Vincent Parco
Tracy Kolis	...	Barbara Ballor
David Spielberg	...	Gary Pillersdorf
Herb Mitchell	...	Judge Carey
Lenore Kasdorf	...	Betty Jeanne Solomon
Steven Marcus	...	Jimmy Russo
Charley Lang	...	Douglas Fitzmorris
Rhonda Aldrich	...	Luesa Kattai
Dee Dee Rescher	...	Linda Viana
Bruce Gray	...	William Aaronwald
Rudy Ramos	...	Ali Baez
Michael Prozzo	...	Eddie Desalvo
Noah Lee Margetts	...	Officer Frank Farina (as Noah Margetts)
Shirley Prestia	...	The Beautician
Richard Murphy	...	Sean Farrell
Peter Allas	...	Roger Monaco
Fred Bernstein	...	Walter Sekenski
Elizabeth Vrooman	...	Young Carolyn
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peter Haskell	...	Tom Warmus (uncredited)
Tim Scanlon	...	Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Directed by
Martin Davidson

Writing credits (WGA)
Earl W. Wallace		(written by) &
Pamela Wallace		(written by) and
Martin Davidson		(written by)

Produced by
Barry Bernardi	....	producer
Christopher DeFaria	....	associate producer (as Chris DeFaria)
Michael Jaffe	....	executive producer
Janet Faust Krusi	....	producer
Paul Kurta	....	supervising producer
Ken Raskoff	....	co-producer
Steve White	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Kenny Vance

Cinematography by
Robert Elswit

Film Editing by
Bonnie Koehler

Casting by
Jeff Oshen

Production Design by
Glenda Ganis

Set Decoration by
Lynda Burbank

Costume Design by
Sandy Davidson

Makeup Department
Annie Maniscalco	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Paul Kurta	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nancy Henkle Green	....	second assistant director (as Nancy Green)
Ray Greenfield	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Peter Bankins	....	prop master

Sound Department
Joseph Geisinger	....	sound mixer
Jeremy Hoenack	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ingeborg Larson	....	sound editor
Michael Payne	....	sound re-recording mixer
Melissa Sherwood Hofmann	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sabrina Stephenson	....	sound editor

Stunts
Lynn Salvatori	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Scott C. Johnston	....	key grip
Adam Jones	....	gaffer

Editorial Department
Sonny Baskin	....	additional editor
Christopher E. Bennett	....	additional assistant editor (as Christopher Bennett)
Adam C. Frank	....	assistant editor
Mark Sadusky	....	additional assistant editor

Music Department
Linda Koci	....	music administrator

Transportation Department
Edward Flotard	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Diane Cornell	....	production accountant
Steven E. Housewright	....	location manager (as Steve Housewright)
Lynn Josephson Delaney	....	executive assistant to executive producer
Nancy Jane King	....	production coordinator
Diane H. Newman	....	script supervisor (as Diane Hassinger Newman)

Production Companies

• Spectacor Films
• Steve White Productions

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1992) (USA) (TV) (original airing)

Other Companies

• Sound Trax Studios  post-production sound

Also Known As:

"The Lovers of Deceit: The Carolyn Warmus Story" - USA (alternative title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M

Company:

Spectacor Films

Trivia:

In the film, the telephone number from which Betty Jeanne Solomon dialed 911 immediately before she was murdered was 555-6316, at 51 Sentinel Place, Granville Springs.

Poor take on interesting true-life story

The case of Carolyn Warmus, a beautiful teacher who was accused of murdering the wife of her boyfriend, a co-worker, resulted in a three-year, two-trial case. In fact, Warmus maintains her innocence to this day, and there were some weaknesses in the prosecution's case. But none of this gets noticed. Virginia Madsen gives a respectable performance as Warmus, but the script is of the tabloid trash variety. The scene where she comes on to him is so ludicrous, it would embarrass a first-time screenwriter. I didn't watch the whole film, it was so dull. In fact, even though it was based on a real life case, it plays like fourth-rate crime fiction. All one can do after watching this is to wonder what really happened. Too bad.