''A Killing Affair'' is a
drama film
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starring
Peter Weller
Peter Weller (born June 24, 1947) is an American film and stage actor, television director, and art historian.
He has appeared in more than 70 films and television series, including ''RoboCop'' (1987) and its sequel ''RoboCop 2'' (1990), in whic ...
,
Kathy Baker
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Katherine Whitton Baker (born June 8, 1950) is an American actress. Baker began her career in theater and made her screen debut in the 1983 drama film '' The Right Stuff''. She received the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Suppor ...
,
John Glover,
Bill Smitrovich
William Stanley Zmitrowicz Jr. (born May 16, 1947), known professionally as Bill Smitrovich ( ), is an American actor.
Personal life
Smitrovich was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of Anna (née Wojna) and Stanley William Zmitrowicz, a t ...
and Danny Nelson. The film was written and directed by David Saperstein (''
Cocoon'').
Plot
During
World War II
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, an outsider, Baston Morris (Weller), comes to a tiny town looking for work at the local mill. He meets up with the town's evil employer, Pink Gresham (Smitrovich), who abuses the men and has affairs with the women. Pink toys with Baston's plight but keeps the upper hand with his pistol and chases Baston away.
Baston then meets Pink's wife, Maggie (Baker), and spins a tale of her husband's philandering and Pink's personal involvement with Baston's affairs at his hometown in the next county.
The subplot contains stories of Maggie's brother, Shep Sheppard, (Glover) who is a fundamentalist preacher that has followed his father's misogynistic ways. Sheppard sides with Pink when it comes to laying down the law, and a hunt ensues for Baston after stories are revealed of him being an axe murderer.
Production
This film was based on the novel ''Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday'' by
Robert Houston.
It was filmed in
Juliette, Georgia
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. The film takes place in
West Virginia
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.
Despite being completed in 1985, the film did not find a distributor in the US until the following year and was not released until 1988.
[ The film was released in the UK as ''My Sister's Keeper''.]
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1986 films
1986 crime drama films
Adultery in films
American crime drama films
Films based on American novels
Films set in the 1940s
Films set in West Virginia
Films set on the home front during World War II
Films shot in Georgia (U.S. state)
Films scored by John Barry (composer)
1988 drama films
1988 films
1980s English-language films
1980s American films
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