Murder in High Places

Murder in High Places

120 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery, TV Movie | June 2, 1991

A small Colorado mountain town elects as its mayor a writer whom some residents consider "eccentric" and others don't care for because he's a former hippie. Complications ensue when soon after the election, a dead body crashes through the skylight of a local building, and the body turns out to be the new mayor's ex-wife.

Murder in High Places

120 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery, TV Movie | June 2, 1991

Murder in High Places
A small Colorado mountain town elects as its mayor a writer whom some residents consider "eccentric" and others don't care for because he's a former hippie. Complications ensue when soon after the election, a dead body crashes through the skylight of a local building, and the body turns out to be the new mayor's ex-wife.
Producers NBC Productions, Stan Rogow Productions
Original title Murder in High Places
Directors John Byrum
Writers Stan Rogow, John Byrum

Cast

Ted Levine

as Carson Russell

Adam Baldwin

as Stoney Ptak

Vince Grant

as Deputy Dent

Joyce Hyser

as Terry Ptak

Xander Berkeley

as Wayne

Stephen Davies

as Buddy

Judith Hoag

as Meg Faithorn

Michael McKean

as Pettibone

Miguel Ferrer

as Wilhoite

Jamey Sheridan

as Horn

Ken Swofford

as Van Stamp

James Keach

as Ronald Levering

L.M. Kit Carson

as Prentiss

Richard Edson

as Noogie

Lisa Kudrow

as Miss Stitch

Traci Lords

as Diane Cody

Paul Anthony Weber

as Manager

Bill Cross

as Mowbray

Maria Cecile Callier

as News Reporter

Sterling Thomas

as Deputy Sheriff

Kimberly Evan

as Hospital Patient (uncredited)