Murder Ordained

3h 5min

Crime

Drama

TV Movie

This is the story of a minister who's feeling unhappy in his marriage who then has an affair with a church employee, who is also married, and who also has affairs, and whose husband is unwilling to divorce her. One day the minister's wife is found dead, in what appears to be an auto accident, but the highway patrolman who investigated the accident doesn't think that it's an accident but doesn't have enough evidence to justify an investigation. Later, when the woman's husband is killed an investigation begins.

Production Companies

Interscope Communications

Braun Entertainment Group

CBS Entertainment Productions

Cast

Keith Carradine

Keith Carradine

Trooper John Rule
JoBeth Williams

JoBeth Williams

Lorna Anderson
Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates

Bobbi Birk
Guy Boyd

Guy Boyd

Mike Buckley
Terence Knox

Terence Knox

Martin Anderson
Darrell Larson

Darrell Larson

Ronald Stark
John Goodman

John Goodman

Hugh Rayburn
Annabella Price

Annabella Price

Sandy Bird
Margot Rose

Margot Rose

Nancy Horst
M. Emmet Walsh

M. Emmet Walsh

Vern Humphrey
Terry Kinney

Terry Kinney

Tom Bird
Anne E. Curry

Anne E. Curry

Loraine Rule
Bruce French

Bruce French

Bruce Linton
Lee Garlington

Lee Garlington

Lorna's Friend
Ben Stephenson

Ben Stephenson

Canoeist (uncredited)
Don Hood

Don Hood

Sergeant Clayton
George McDaniel

George McDaniel

Duane Stark
Jason Barnhill

Jason Barnhill

Jason Rule
Terry Bozeman

Terry Bozeman

Kevin Lloyd
Joel Colodner

Joel Colodner

Simon Long
Michael Krawic

Michael Krawic

Bird's Lawyer
Holmes Osborne

Holmes Osborne

TV Evangelist
Chelcie Ross

Chelcie Ross

Detective
Ned Schmidtke

Ned Schmidtke

Jeff Ellis
Mary Seibel

Mary Seibel

June Post
Hillary Wolf

Hillary Wolf

Holly Anderson
James Anthony

James Anthony

Phillip Jordan
Drew Dimmel

Drew Dimmel

TV Reporter
Herk Harvey

Herk Harvey

Jury Foreman
John Stefano

John Stefano

Birds' Neighbor

Release date

3rd May 1987

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English