Murder: By Reason of Insanity (1985)
- Director(s):
- Anthony Page
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Synopsis of Murder: By Reason of Insanity
Murder: By Reason of Insanity was inspired by a disastrous series of events occurring in New York State in 1979. Candice Bergen portrays a Polish immigrant housewife whose husband Jurgen Prochnow has subjected her to years of physical abuse. At first, she tells herself that he is acting out of frustration over his business failures, but the attacks become increasingly life-threatening. Adjudged mentally unbalanced, Prochnow cannot be sent to prison, but instead is checked into a hospital. Thanks to bureaucratic oversights and sheer laxity, Prochnow walks out of the hospital, fully intending to carry out his death threat against his wife. Despite her frenzied phone calls to the authorities, and the many empty restraining orders issued by the courts, Ms. Bergen's ultimate fate is inexorable. Made for television, Murder: By Reason of Insanity has been released to videocassette under the irresponsibly antiseptic title My Sweet Victim. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Murder: By Reason of Insanity
- Candice Bergen - Ewa Berwid
- Hector Elizondo - Ben Haggarty
- Lee Kessler - Maggie Teresi
- Kate Lynch - Eleanor Sterling
- Jürgen Prochnow - Adam Berwid
- Jan Rubes - Giorgi Denerenko
- Eli Wallach - Dr. Huffman
- Kent Williams - Dick Crowell
- Arthur Taxier - Sergeant Mahaaski
- Wendy Crewson - Irene Tremayne
- Tom Everett - Mr. Olson
- Alison La Placa - Janet Landry
- Norman Parker - Judge Gold
- Kavi Raz - Dr. Honrada
- Susan Ruttan - Judge M. Tyson
- Timothy Webber - Guy Sterling
- Clark Johnson - Technician
- Al White - Staggers
- Director(s):
- Anthony Page
- Writer(s):
- Scott Swanton
- Producer(s):
- Lawrence Schiller
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