Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder (1997) (TV)

Director:

Richard A. Colla

Writers (WGA):

Skip Hollandsworth (article)
Steve Johnson (written by)

Release Date:

10 February 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Based on a true story, this film recounts the story of Diane Zamora and David Graham, two high school sweethearts who swear to always be together...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Article

Cast

Holly Marie Combs	...	Diane Zamora
David Lipper	...	David Graham
Cassidy Rae	...	Adrianne Jones
Dee Wallace	...	Linda Jones (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
Gary Grubbs	...	Detective Carl Baker
Kurt Fuller	...	Detective Tom Green
Joanna Garcia	...	Susie
Joanna Canton	...	Val
Chad Carlberg	...	Bryan McMillan
Jack Landry	...	Larry Sweet
Karyn Beach	...	Donna
R. Keith Harris	...	Ben (as Keith Harris)
Derin Altay	...	Gloria Zamora
Andrew Masset	...	Carlos Zamora
Wilmer Calderon	...	Perry

Also Known As:

Swearing Allegiance (UK)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Steve White Entertainment

Goofs:

Anachronisms: After the cross country meet, Adrianne and David board the school bus for the ride home. She is in the clothes she ran in, covered by sweats. Later, as the two make out in his car, he unhooks her bra. By 1995, when the events take place, nearly all female runners would have worn a sports bra which has no hooks.

Average TV movie, though not a factual source

I have watched this a few times on Lifetime when I was bored and there was nothing else on. The acting is okay. It is interesting to see Holly Marie Combs play a murderess and she does a decent job. The movie tries to hard to make David look sympathetic and Diane look evil. Cassidy Rae does a fair job as Adrienne however based on this film and other performances I feel her acting talent is limited.

In someways the film, except for the end where you see Adrienne's mother, makes it more about how sorry we should feel for David as opposed to the girl who was brutally murdered. The film makes David out to be a victim who didn't want to kill but was forced to. Which is complete garbage. He was a willing participant who even came up with the story to get Adrienne out of the house. I suppose this is because the film relies heavily on David's confession and not as much on news sources as it should have. The writing suffers from this lack of credible sources.

If looking for accurate information about this case, this film is not where you should be looking. Too much information came out in the trial that disproves significant issues.

While the film goes along with David's confession that he and Adrienne slept together after a track meet, this is not true. On A & E's American Justice it was told that it came out in the trial that this never happened. In fact someone else gave Adrienne a ride home that day. Since the trial happened after the film was made, the film is not at fault for this error, it would have made more sense to make a film after the trial. David even later admitted that he lied about sleeping with Adrienne. Given this information it leads one to believe that she rejected him and he decided to enact revenge on her. Thus he lied to his girlfriend and they decided to kill her. While this is merely speculation it is food for thought.