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Murder Ordained

Murder Ordained

19875.03h 5m

Overview

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.

Directed by Mike Robe
Written by Mike Robe, James Steven Sadwith
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Top Cast

Keith Carradine

Keith Carradine

Trooper John Rule

JoBeth Williams

JoBeth Williams

Lorna Anderson

Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates

Bobbi Birk

Guy Boyd

Guy Boyd

Mike Buckley

Terence Knox

Terence Knox

Martin Anderson

Darrell Larson

Darrell Larson

Ronald Stark

John Goodman

John Goodman

Hugh Rayburn

Annabella Price

Annabella Price

Sandy Bird

Robert Harper

Robert Harper

Warren

Margot Rose

Margot Rose

Nancy Horst

About Murder Ordained

Murder Ordained is a crime, drama, tv movie film released in 1987. Directed by Mike Robe, it stars Keith Carradine, JoBeth Williams, Kathy Bates. 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.

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