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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   119 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Jerry Bledsoe (book)
Robert L. Freedman (teleplay)
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Release Date:
16 January 1994 (USA) more
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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Great Movie and a True Story more (17 total)

Cast

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Kelly McGillis ... Susie Lynch

Harry Hamlin ... Fritz Klenner

Keith Carradine ... Tom Lynch

Holland Taylor ... Florence Newsom

Jayne Brook ... Kathy
Ken Jenkins ... Bob Newsom
Elizabeth Wilson
Louise Latham ... Delores Lynch
Wayne Tippit

Tom Aldredge
Anne Pitoniak

Marian Seldes ... Justice Susie Sharp

Nick Searcy
Tristan Tait ... Ian Perkins
Colleen Flynn
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Bitter Blood (International: English title) (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
200 min | Brazil:150 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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5 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
Great Movie and a True Story, 18 June 2006
Author: (BravesCHAMPS95@aol.com) from United States

Sadly the critic above knows nothing of the history of the movie. The movie is based on the TRUE crime book Bitter Blood and is extremely accurate. Maybe he found it disappointing or unrealistic but sadly the story is true and well documented. I enjoyed the movie since I grew up during the time of the murders in Winston-Salem. I wish could find this movie on DVD.

The basic story line is about Susie Newsome, niece of Susie Sharpe who was the first female supreme court justice in North Carolina. She marries young Tom Lynch after meeting him at Wake Forest University. There bitter breakup leaves Susie in anger and hurt. She takes revenge out on him in a truly horrific story.

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