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Right to Kill?
GenreCrime
Drama
Screenplay byJoyce Eliason
Directed byJohn Erman
StarringFrederic Forrest
Christopher Collet
Karmin Murcelo[2]
Music byPaul Chihara
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersJack Clements
Elizabeth Monk Daley
Running time100 min.
Production companiesWyre/Konigsberg Productions
Taper Media Enterprises
Telepictures
Original release
NetworkABC
Release
  • May 22, 1985 (1985-05-22)
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Right to Kill? is a 1985 American made-for-television drama film directed by John Erman and written by Joyce Eliason. It is based on a true story of two teens living in Wyoming, Richard Jahnke and Deborah Jahnke, who were charged for the killing of their psychotically abusive father, Richard Jahnke, Sr.

The made-for-TV movie was filmed at W.W. Samuell High School in Dallas, Texas in 1985 and aired nationally on May 22, 1985, on ABC.[3] The film's leading actors were Frederic Forrest (Oscar-nominated for The Rose in 1979) and Justine Bateman, who was nominated for an Emmy for playing the role of an emotionally and physically abused daughter in this movie.

The movie was a success but it was not released on video in the United States. The cast included Frederic Forrest, Christopher Collet, Karmin Murcelo, Justine Bateman, Ann Wedgeworth & J. T. Walsh.

References

  1. ^ "Right to Kill? release date". Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Right to Kill? Stars". Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Right to Kill? release date". Retrieved 14 May 2012.