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Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story

Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story

She was a loving wife, a passionate lover, and a trusted friend.

19937.41h 32m

Overview

Elizabeth Montgomery plays serial killer, churchgoer, and grandmother Blanch Taylor Moore in this, one of her last films before her untimely passing. Childhood memories of her womanizing and abusive father fill Moore with a hidden rage towards all men. Her former boyfriend, first husband and father all died of arsenic poisoning. Now her fiancé, the town's minister, is stricken the same way. Based on the true crime book Preacher's Girl: The Life and Crimes of Blanche Taylor Moore, the film is buoyed by Montgomery's startling performance, and keeps you on the edge of your seat until its final moments.

Directed by Alan Metzger
Written by Jim Schutze, Judith Paige Mitchell
Produced by Patricia Finnegan, Sheldon Pinchuk
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Top Cast

Elizabeth Montgomery

Elizabeth Montgomery

Blanche Taylor Moore

David Clennon

David Clennon

Dwight Moore

John M. Jackson

John M. Jackson

Raymond Reid

Grace Zabriskie

Grace Zabriskie

Ethel

Bruce McGill

Bruce McGill

Morgan

Mark Rolston

Mark Rolston

O'Keefe

Guy Boyd

Guy Boyd

Kevin Denton

John Philbin

John Philbin

Ray, Jr.

Phoebe Augustine

Phoebe Augustine

Cathy

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Matt Ryan

Stevie

About Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story

Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story is a tv movie, drama, crime, thriller film released in 1993. Directed by Alan Metzger, it stars Elizabeth Montgomery, David Clennon, John M. Jackson. Elizabeth Montgomery plays serial killer, churchgoer, and grandmother Blanch Taylor Moore in this, one of her last films before her untimely passing. Childhood memories of her womanizing and abusive father fill Moore with a hidden rage towards all men. Her former boyfriend, first husband and father all died of arsenic poisoning. Now her fiancé, the town's minister, is stricken the same way. Based on the true crime book Preacher's Girl: The Life and Crimes of Blanche Taylor Moore, the film is buoyed by Montgomery's startling performance, and keeps you on the edge of your seat until its final moments.

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