
The Postman Always Rings Twice(1946)
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.


“The perfect crime was death by prescription!”
Television thriller in which a scheming doctor murders once for love and then has to kill again to cover it up.

John Forsythe
Dr. Ron Wellesley

Richard Kiley
Frank Manning

Reta Shaw
Nurse Regis

Wendell Burton
Fred Kramer

Joseph Campanella
Lt. Phil Proctor

Barbara Bain
Lisa Manning

Laurence Haddon
Officer Charlie Bates (uncredited)
Murder Once Removed is a drama, tv movie, crime film released in 1971 exploring themes of infidelity, murder plot, killer doctor. Directed by Charles S. Dubin, it stars John Forsythe, Richard Kiley, Reta Shaw. Television thriller in which a scheming doctor murders once for love and then has to kill again to cover it up.
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