Too Close to Home (1997) (TV)

Director:

Bill Corcoran

Writers (WGA):

Adam Greenman (written by) and
Alan Hines (written by)

Release Date:

29 April 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

The 29 years old lawyer Nick Donahue is still living with his mother (Diana). To escape from her possessive...

Plot Keywords:

Mother Son Relationship | Gas Chamber | Daughter In Law

Cast

Judith Light	...	Diana Donahue
Rick Schroder	...	Nick Donahue
Sarah Trigger	...	Abigail 'Abby' Emma Fletcher
Dorothy Gordon	...	Mrs. Jane Sweeney
Ruth Marshall	...	Adrienne
John Nelles	...	Brian Moffett
Peter MacNeill	...	Judge Sorenson
Harry Lennix	...	Prosecuting Attorney
Sugith Varughese	...	Henry Singh
Allegra Fulton	...	Gloria Lopez
Isai Rivera Blas	...	Humberto Lopez (as Gil Rivera Blas)
Don Allison	...	Ted Barnes
James Kidnie	...	Woody Ryan
Christopher Kelk	...	Jackson
Domenic Cina	...	Witness

Also Known As:

Mother's Love (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Once Upon a Time Films

Trivia:

Based on a real-life incident. In 1958, Elizabeth Ann Duncan hired two men to murder her pregnant daughter-in-law out of jealousy of her son, Frank, an attorney. As in the film, Frank met his wife, a nurse, at a hospital after Elizabeth attempted suicide in a ploy to keep him from leaving home, and, as in the film, he represented his mother at her trial. Duncan and the men were executed in San Quentin's gas chamber on August 8, 1962.

Agree with "captnhook"

I suppose like most of you, I use this site to scope movies I might hear about, to see if I'd like to watch, or to fill-in gaps from some I might only catch in-part - and to read others' comments (which are at times better than the flicks.

With respect to the film, though, I would simply say the the first-listed comment (by "captnhook13") coincides precisely with my thoughts about this movie.

I'd simply add, that between Light's sociopathic actions and dialogs with regard to her son (Schroder) and his weak, naive, mealy-mouth schlepping about -- I kept wishing Moe from The Three Stooges would suddenly appear on-screen, and commence slapping them around, bopping them in their heads with a mallet, and squeezing their noses -- the way he did so often to Curly and Larry. In "The Shining," Jack Nicholson was more likable, after he went bonkers, than Light is here.

If you want to have an interesting mind trip -- with Schroder nearly 30 in this film -- ponder what would be in a prequel, detailing for a couple of hours Ricky's character in his childhood and teen years with this mom!