Somebody Killed Her Husband
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Directed by | Lamont Johnson |
Written by | Reginald Rose |
Produced by | Martin Poll |
Starring | Farrah Fawcett-Majors Jeff Bridges John Wood Tammy Grimes John Glover Patricia Elliott Mary McCarty Lawrence Guittard Vincent Robert Santa Lucia Beeson Carroll |
Cinematography | Andrew Laszlo Ralf D. Bode |
Music by | Alex North |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | September 29, 1978 |
Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $5.1 million[1] |
Somebody Killed Her Husband is a 1978 American comedy-mystery film directed by Lamont Johnson and written by Reginald Rose. It starred Farrah Fawcett and Jeff Bridges. Also in the cast were John Wood, Tammy Grimes and John Glover.
Plot
The film is set in Manhattan, New York City. The plot concerns the efforts of a woman (Fawcett) and her lover (Bridges) to find the murderer of her husband before they are accused of it themselves. The story's climax occurs at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Reginald Rose's screenplay was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award.
Cast
- Farrah Fawcett - Jenny Moore (as Farrah Fawcett-Majors)
- Jeff Bridges - Jerry Green
- John Wood - Ernest Van Santen
- Tammy Grimes - Audrey Van Santen
- John Glover - Herbert Little
- Patricia Elliott - Helene
- Mary McCarty - Flora
- Laurence Guittard - Preston Moore
- Vincent Robert Santa Lucia - Benjamin
- Beeson Carroll - Frank Danziger
- Eddie Lawrence - Other Neighbor
- Arthur Rhyris - Customer
- Jean-Pierre Stewart - Man in Beret
- Terri DuHaime - Lulu's Mother
- Sands Hall - Girl Typist
Release
The film was not a big hit but the filmmakers made a $1 million profit by pre-selling the film.[1]
Additional information
This film was also released under the following titles:
- Aki halt, aki nem - Hungary (imdb display title)
- Alguém Matou o Marido Dela - Portugal (imdb display title)
- Alguien mató a su marido - Spain
- Charade '79 - Japan (English title)
- Ihanet çemberi - Turkey (Turkish title)
- Joku murhasi hänen miehensä - Finland
- Kapoios skotose ton andra tis - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
- Knivhugg går igen - Sweden
- Ktos zabil jej meza - Poland
- Qualcuno ha ucciso mio marito - Italy
- Qui a tué mon cher mari? - Belgium (French title)
- Rendezvous mit einer Leiche - West Germany
Soundtrack listing
- Title Theme (03:19)
- Jerry and Jenny (01:33)
- Pretty Jenny (01:22)
- In the Restaurant (02:41)
- Two Lovers (01:26)
- Loving Each Other (01:13)
- First Date (01:19)
- Happiness (01:29)
- Unexpected Murder (01:32)
- Mysterious Days (02:34)
- Doubtful Ernest (01:42)
- Pirate Listener (01:37)
- Second Murder (01:54)
- Secret of Jewels (01:43)
- Jerry's Trick (01:37)
- The Criminal (01:42)
- Fearful Escape (02:03)
- In the True Love (02:25)
See also
References
External links
Categories:
- 1978 films
- 1970s comedy films
- American films
- American comedy films
- American mystery films
- Columbia Pictures films
- Comedy mystery films
- English-language films
- Film scores by Alex North
- Films directed by Lamont Johnson
- Films set in New York City
- Films shot in New York City
- Holiday-themed films
- Thanksgiving fiction
- 1970s comedy film stubs