Story of movie Murder In The Heartland : Murder in the Heartland is a television miniseries that aired on ABC in 1993. It was based on the 1957–58 murder spree carried out by 19-year-old Charles Starkweather throughout Nebraska and Wyoming. The first half of the miniseries covers the murders. The second half covers the trials of Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate, his 14-year-old girlfriend accomplice. Their increasingly disparate versions of events are contrasted as the trials unfold.
| Murder in the Heartland | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama Thriller |
| Written by | Michael O'Hara |
| Directed by | Robert Markowitz |
| Starring | Tim Roth Fairuza Balk Brian Dennehy Randy Quaid Renée Zellweger Kate Reid Milo O'Shea Rondi Reed |
| Theme music composer | Patrick Williams |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Michael G. Larkin |
| Cinematography | Ronald Victor Garcia |
| Editor(s) | David Beatty Scott Vickrey |
| Running time | 157 minutes |
| Production company(s) | O'Hara-Horowitz Productions |
| Distributor | ABC |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | May 3, 1993 |
The film received strong praise from critics and multiple Emmy nominations.
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