Murder: By Reason of Insanity

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

5.7IMDb Score
Released:1985-10-01
Duration:100 min
Director:Anthony Page
Actors:Candice Bergen, Jürgen Prochnow, Héctor Elizondo, Eli Wallach, Alison La Placa
Production:Schiller Productions Inc., 20th Century Fox Television, CBS Entertainment Productions

Overview:

A married couple from Poland emigrates to the U.S.,. but things don't turn out as well as they had imaged. The husband's business fails, while his wife's career really takes off. The husband, unable to cope with the pressures of his failed business, his failing marriage and the adjustments necessary to live in a completely different society, begins to take out his frustrations on his wife.

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