Lethal Vows (1999) (TV)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Paul Schneider

Writers (WGA):

Michele Samit (story) &
Eric Edson (story) ...

Release Date:

13 October 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

This psychological thriller, based on a true story, is about a seemingly upstanding, caring husband...

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

John Ritter	...	Dr. David Farris
Marg Helgenberger	...	Ellen Farris
Megan Gallagher	...	Lorraine Farris
Lawrence Dane	...	Detective Rick Mauser
Jessica Bowman	...	Sarah Farris
Miko Hughes	...	Graham Farris
Madeline Zima	...	Danielle Farris
Sandra Caldwell	...	Noreen Summers
Brenda Bazinet	...	Dr. Addington
Michael Rawlins	...	Asst. D.A. John Hodges (as Michael Anthony Rawlins)
Kim Huffman	...	Catherine Moray
Martin Doyle	...	Tom Shelton
Ken James	...	Mark Lunger
Johnie Chase	...	Judge Eadie (as Johnnie Chase)
Derwin Jordan	...	Detective Andy Kendricks

Runtime:

Finland:87 min | Germany:86 min | Argentina:100 min | 120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Germany:o.Al. | Argentina:13

Company:

Braun Entertainment Group

Trivia:

Based on the true story of Richard K. Overton, convicted of poisoning his ex-wife Dorothy Boyer, and the murder of his third wife, Janet Overton.

Up to the usual high standard of t.v. movies

I've noticed for a long time, now, that I'm seldom disappointed by a t.v. movie - the reverse is true for most of the "theatre" movies available on cable right now...I wonder if it's because pay-per view, and satellite dish companies are snapping up the good "theatre" stuff leaving us cable viewers with the rubbish?...small wonder then that my local cable company is resorting to "attack" ads on satellite dish t.v, which ads are having the effect of turning me on to dish my local cable co!

Anyway, "Lethal Vows" is a good solid suspense yarn, with believable situations, attractive characters (even the villain!)and natural-sounding dialogue. It's based on a true story, as so many of these t.v. movies are, truth being more entertaining than fiction, telling the story of a long divorced ex-wife, coming to suspect that her (still-friendly)former spouse, and father of her two daughters, is guilty of slowly poisoning her, and his present wife who is currently displaying the same symptoms that our heroine experienced during her marriage to the man - the effects of such poisoning lingering to the time-set of the movie, 14 years after the divorce.. There is no doubt of the villain, from the get-go - the charming John Ritter, who is as pleasant a madman, as he is in his usual role of good guy. The many women in the movie, are good to look upon -many familiar faces which cause my irritation at IMB's lack of a cast-list -with the minor characters also being up to snuff. Altogether, an absorbing movie.