The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975)
- Director(s):
- Paul Wendkos
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"Lizzie Borden took an axe/And gave her mother forty whacks/When she saw what she had done/She gave her father forty-one". New England spinster Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the charge of murdering her father and stepmother in 1892, but this made-for-TV movie, like most recreations of the murders and subsequent trial, adheres to the popular consensus that Borden was guilty. Elizabeth Montgomery takes a break from playing victims to portray the enigmatic Borden. The trial scenes are lifted directly from the original court records; scripter William Bast's speculation as to what really happened the night the elder Bordens were hacked to death is pure (but credible) conjecture. Accompanied by a "parental guidance suggested" tag, The Legend of Lizzie Borden was first broadcast February 10, 1975. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Elizabeth Montgomery - Lizzie Borden
- Helen Craig - Abby Borden
- Ed Flanders - Hosea Knowlton
- Alan Hewitt - Mayor Coughlin
- Jon Lormer - Bailiff
- Don Porter - George
- Tracie Savage - Young Lizzie
- Amzie Strickland - Adelaide Churchill
- Robert Symonds - Andrew Jennings
- Iggie Wolfington - Store Proprietor
- John Zaremba - Judge Blaisdell
- Fionnula Flanagan - Bridget Sullivan
- Patricia Wilson - Hannah Reagan
- John Alvin - Dr. Draper
- Joan Crosby - Companion
- Katherine Helmond - Emma Borden
- Gail Kobe - Alice Russell
- J. Edward McKinley - Marshall Hilliard
- Hayden Rorke - Julien Ralph
- Olan Soule - Eli Bence
- Gloria Stuart - Store Customer
- Fritz Weaver - Andrew Borden
- Lynn Wood - Mrs. Raymond
- John Beal - Dr. Bowen
- Bonnie Bartlett - Sylvia Knowlton
- Director(s):
- Paul Wendkos
- Writer(s):
- William Bast
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