A Matter of Justice (TV 1993)

True story about the mother of a murder victim seeking to bring her son's widow to justice and gain custody of her granddaughter.

Director:

Michael Switzer

Writer:

Dennis Turner

Stars:

Patty Duke, Martin Sheen, Alexandra Powers

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Patty Duke	...	Mary Brown
Martin Sheen	...	Jack Brown
Alexandra Powers	...	Dusty
Jason London	...	Chris
Jeff Kober	...	Talbot
Cole Hauser	...	Rocky Jackson
Danny Nucci	...	Vince Grella
T. Max Graham	...	Harry Amblin
Charles S. Dutton	...	(as Charles Dutton)
Lynette Walden	...	Patty
Robin Burrows	...	Diane
Jodie Markell	...	Sandra
Larry Greer	...	Lt. Alexander
Roger Nolan	...	Captain Lorenz
Kyla Pratt	...	Christine

Storyline

A naive young soldier shocks his family when he returns home on leave accompanied by a worldly older woman whom he introduces as his wife. The young man's mother strongly disapproves of the relationship, and urges him to seek a divorce, but he is blinded by love. The marriage fails, but the young man is brutally murdered before the divorce is final. Convinced of his wife's guilt, his mother embarks on a one-woman crusade to bring her to justice.

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Plot Keywords:

two part tv movie | based on true story

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 November 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

Final Justice

Filming Locations:

Alma, Kansas, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hill/Fields Entertainment, Ron Gilbert Associates

Technical Specs

Runtime:

240 min 180 min (2 parts) 240 min (2 parts)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

not the worst for a TV movie

I say this because(for a long variety of reasons) I do not often care for TV movies, or take them very seriously. I'm not saying that this was a huge exception to the rule, but I suppose there have been worse.

Patsy Duke, Martin Sheen and Jason London are the loving Brown family, who live happily in the South until son Christopher(London)joins the army. It is there that he meets Dusty(Alexandra Powers)and they fall in love and get married, even though Ma and Pa Brown know that Dusty is bad news. And she does turn out to be. Money-hungry and selfish, Dusty ends up creepily killing Christopher for his money. She pretends she played no part in it, even though Ma Brown knows the truth(how? She just knows), and because of that, she gets money and full custody of Chris's and her daughter, Christine. Ma and Pa Brown are furious. They don't care about the money, but they know that if Christine is left alone with Dusty than she won't be properly cared for. Thus begins their brave struggle to capture Dusty, who goes on the lam after Ma and Pa try to fight her, and let their granddaughter have a little love from them.

The story is pretty stereotypical, complete with court room scenes, femme fatals and the whole bit, and Mrs. Duke and Mr. Sheen's Southern accents are well, grating, but the script is fairly entertaining, and in the course of seeing this twice, I was intrigued the first time(I was also 11 or something)and simply more entertained the second time. At least it has staying power.