A Killing in a Small Town
Stephen Gyllenhaal, 1990
Evidence of Love
John Bloom, Jim Atkinson, 1984
A Killing in a Small Town is a movie directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal in 1990 and based on the book Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs by John Bloom and Jim Atkinson, first published in 1984. The movie features Barbara Hershey, Brian Dennehy, John Terry, RIchard Gilliland, Lee Garlington, Hal Holbrook, and others.
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Storyline
Candy Morrison, feeling unfulfilled in her role as a spouse and parent in a small community, craves stimulation and discovers it through a romantic liaison with her husband’s intimate acquaintance, Stan Blankenship. However, their intense affair abruptly ends after only a brief period. Shockingly, several weeks later, Stan’s spouse is discovered viciously slain by an ax, marking the town’s first occurrence of such a brutal killing. Astonishingly, Candy becomes the primary suspect in the investigation.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
1990
Minutes
100
Movie Rate
6.80
Source: IMDb
Year
1984
Pages
330
Book Rate
8.20
S: Goodreads
Book
Evidence of Love
Subtitle: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs
Author: John Bloom, Jim Atkinson
Country: USA
First published in: 1984
Length: 330 pages
Genre: Non Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
TV Mini-Series by Lesli Linka Glatter
User polls & recommendations
“The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That’s why we go to movies and say, “Oh, the book is better.”
PAULO COELHO (Writer)
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