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Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story (1991) [N/A]

Featuring:
Judith Light, David Ogden Stiers, Kellie Overbey

Written by:
David Eyre

Directed by:
Mel Damski


Release Date:
November 10, 1991

Original Title:
Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story

Alternate Titles:
Σύζυγος Μητέρα, Δολοφόνος

Genres:
Crime | Drama | TV Movie

Production Companies:
Wilshire Court Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 96

Overview from TheMovieDB

Based on the true story of an Alabama woman who was convicted of killing her first husband and attempting to poison her daughter. Out on bail, she flees in order to start a new life with two new identities.

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Overview from Open Movies

Marie Hilley started out as the perfect wife and mother. Then two decades into her marriage, her husband Frank, is taken severely ill and dies soon after. Within months of his death, their daughter Carol is admitted to hospital with similar symptoms and intensive testings later reveal arsenic poisoning. In the meantime, Marie is arrested for passing bad checks and when Frank's exhumed remains reveal massive amounts of arsenic, she is promptly charged with his murder but manages to escape and remain on the run for three years. She is convicted of Frank's murder in absentia and even remarries but when she tries to fake her own death with her new identity, things quickly fall apart for her and she is arrested again. She escapes again but this time, her luck runs out and she is captured within a week and eventually dies in prison.

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Rankings and Honors

Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story (1991) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.5/10

Performers

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Production

Casting:
Ellen Meyer

Costume Design:
Tom McKinley

Director:
Mel Damski

Director of Photography:
Joe Pennella

Editor:
Michael S. Murphy

Executive In Charge Of Production:
Mel Swope

Executive Producer:
John J. McMahon
Karen Moore

First Assistant Director:
Carol D. Bonnefil

Makeup Department Head:
Harriette Landau

Music:
Mark Snow

Production Design:
Ben Edwards

Supervising Producer:
Diana Kerew

Writer:
David Eyre

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