''Deadly Relations'' is a 1993 American

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directed by

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. It stars

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Shelley Fabares Michele Ann Marie "Shelley" Fabares (; born January 19, 1944) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her television roles as Mary Stone on the sitcom ''The Donna Reed Show'' (1958–1963) and as Christine Armstrong on the sitcom ...

and

Gwyneth Paltrow Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (; born ) is an American actress and businesswoman. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Paltrow gained notice for her early work in films ...

. The film originally aired on

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on May 22, 1993. ''Deadly Relations'' is based on the true crime book ''Deadly Relations: A True Story of Murder in a Suburban Family'' by Carol Donahue and Shirley Hall. Donahue and Hall are the daughters of Leonard Fagot, a

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attorney whose obsession with controlling his daughters led to him murdering their husbands for hefty insurance pay outs.

Plot

Leonard Fagot has four daughters with whom he is obsessed. He lets them know how he feels about the men they date. And if he disapproves of them, he probably will have them killed to get them out of his daughters' life.

Cast

as Leonard J. Fagot *

as Shirley Fagot *

as Carol Ann Fagot Applegarth Holland * Joy Farmer as Shirley Fagot, Jr. * Georgia Emelin as Joanne Fagot Westerfield * Jillian Boyd as Nancy Fagot *

Matthew Perry Matthew Langford Perry (born August 19, 1969) is an American-Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom ''Friends'' (1994–2004). As well as starring in the short-lived television series ''Stud ...

as George Westerfield *

Tony Higgins Anthony Higgins (born 3 June 1954) is a Scottish former professional footballer. Club career During his career Higgins played for Hibernian, Partick Thistle, Greenock Morton and Stranraer. He played for Hibernian in the marathon 1979 Scotti ...

as Mike Holland * Ted Marcoux as Bruce Applegarth *

Roxana Zal Roxana Zal (born November 8, 1969) is an American former actress and fashion designer. In 1984, at the age of 14, she became the youngest Primetime Emmy Award winner for her title role in the television film ''Something About Amelia''. Life and ...

as Marty

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