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

User Rating:

5.3/10   

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:

Drama | Crime

Plot Keywords:

Courtroom | Beautiful Woman | Hung Jury | Lawyer | Trial

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)

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
Ray Greenfield	....	first assistant director
Nancy Henkle Green	....	second assistant director (as Nancy Green)

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)
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.

Tedious film and performances

I disliked this 1992 melodrama for its writing, direction and performances by almost everyone in the cast. I'm not a Virginia Madsen fan, what else has she done, and this movie is an example of her work. First of all she should stop trying to be a Sharon Stone imitation, for Stone certainly has more appeal in the looks department. And she should learn to act, other than gyrating and posturing all over the place. Her entrance in the tennis outfit had to be a joke, right? Then we have an equally bad performance from Chris Sarandon, who plays a better vampire, as a weakling of a husband who doesn't seem to have any guts at all. He whines and cries throughout the film. I had wished the dame had knocked him off instead, he was that annoying. Two redeeming factors however remain in the film. William H. Macy, who I usually don't like, does well as the prosecuting attorney and Herb Mitchell, as the Judge at the trial, was excellent. I cheered when he told the dame to shut up and sit down in court. This is a bad bad movie and a waste of time, believe me.