Murder Ordained

Murder Ordained

185 mins | Drama, Crime, TV Movie | May 3, 1987

This is the story of a minister who's feeling unhappy in his marriage who then has an affair with a church employee, who is also married, and who also has affairs, and whose husband is unwilling to divorce her. One day the minister's wife is found dead, in what appears to be an auto accident, but the highway patrolman who investigated the accident doesn't think that it's an accident but doesn't have enough evidence to justify an investigation. Later, when the woman's husband is killed an investigation begins.

Murder Ordained

185 mins | Drama, Crime, TV Movie | May 3, 1987

Murder Ordained
This is the story of a minister who's feeling unhappy in his marriage who then has an affair with a church employee, who is also married, and who also has affairs, and whose husband is unwilling to divorce her. One day the minister's wife is found dead, in what appears to be an auto accident, but the highway patrolman who investigated the accident doesn't think that it's an accident but doesn't have enough evidence to justify an investigation. Later, when the woman's husband is killed an investigation begins.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers
Original title Murder Ordained
Directors Mike Robe
Writers James Steven Sadwith, Mike Robe

Cast

Keith Carradine

as Trooper John Rule

JoBeth Williams

as Lorna Anderson

Kathy Bates

as Bobbi Birk

Guy Boyd

as Mike Buckley

Terence Knox

as Martin Anderson

Darrell Larson

as Ronald Stark

John Goodman

as Hugh Rayburn

Annabella Price

as Sandy Bird

Robert Harper

as Warren

Margot Rose

as Nancy Horst

M. Emmet Walsh

as Vern Humphrey

Terry Kinney

as Tom Bird

Anne E. Curry

as Loraine Rule

Bruce French

as Bruce Linton

Lee Garlington

as Lorna's Friend

Johnny Galecki

as Doug Rule

Ben Stephenson

as Canoeist (uncredited)