Thriller · United States of America · 1999 · 1h 40m

The Art of Murder

Director

Cast

Michael Moriarty as Cole Sheridan Joanna Pacula as Elizabeth Sheridan Boyd Kestner as Tony Blanchard Peter Onorati as Willie Kassel Nathaniel DeVeaux as Sheriff Powers Crawford Betty Linde as Ora Mae Howell

Crew

John P. Tarver — Director of Photography Dona Noga — Editor Anthony Stark — Writer Sean Smith — Writer Vicki Sotheran — Producer Greg Malcolm — Producer

Synopsis

Elizabeth Sheridan is a painter, living in a beautiful home on the coast near Seattle, where her wealthy husband Cole runs a yacht-building company. Elizabeth and the firm's top designer, Tony Blanchard, are having an affair. A particularly nasty blackmailer confronts her with pictures, threatening to give them to Cole; she and Tony agree to pay, but after two deaths and a torched house, things have gotten complicated: infidelity pales next to a murder charge. A high-school yearbook photo takes her further into danger. What motive might explain and connect the twists? Is she ensnared beyond hope?

Key Collaborators

Ruben Preuss Director John P. Tarver Director of Photography Dona Noga Editor Anthony Stark Writer Sean Smith Writer Vicki Sotheran Producer Greg Malcolm Producer James Robbins Production Design

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