Teuflisches Komplott

Originaltitel: False Arrest

Fernsehfilm
1991
TV-14
3 Std. 12 Min.

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Robert Wagner and Donna Mills in Teuflisches Komplott (1991)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuShe has luxury home, a handsome husband, and terrific children... but it all comes crashing down when she is accused of being a mastermind behind a brutal triple homicide and is arrested and... Alles lesenShe has luxury home, a handsome husband, and terrific children... but it all comes crashing down when she is accused of being a mastermind behind a brutal triple homicide and is arrested and handcuffed in front of her own children. A gripping story of passion and betrayal as a wo... Alles lesenShe has luxury home, a handsome husband, and terrific children... but it all comes crashing down when she is accused of being a mastermind behind a brutal triple homicide and is arrested and handcuffed in front of her own children. A gripping story of passion and betrayal as a woman fights to clear her name and avoid the death penalty for a crime she didn't commit.

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6,3/10

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- 1 Gewinn & 1 Nominierung insgesamt

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2maddock-95222

Wooden acting - laughable storyline

So much wooden acting that the whole film is a fire hazard. So many laugh-out loud moments as every plot direction just piled on the pressure for Joyce that in the end it was like one of the 'Airplane' movies. To say that the plot was hackneyed and predictable was an understatement - how the actors kept a straight face was fair play to them. So bad it became good in the end - I couldn't really believe what I was watching but it had something that made me stay with it until the so predictable end.

3aromatic-2

By-the-numbers movie-of-the-weak

At least some veteran actors get to have fun in this formula-driven, by-the-numbers, based-on-a-true-story, made-for-Lifetime TV movie. Donna Mills is up to the emotional task when she realizes who her betrayer is and why. Brian Bonsall has a decent bit. Amy Aquino and Steven Bauer are excellent in their roles. But, there's nothing new or particularly interesting here.

2amgcmg3

Acting is okay for the time; Horrible writing.

Disappointed. This could have been a great movie. With the right studio support, this story is worth producing a remake version.

Andrew Laskos (Bill LaMond) is at fault for this HORRIBLE script and depiction of characters. I have done extensive research on the cases related to the Redmond/Phelps murders. A large number of details are either missing, incorrect, or overly exaggerated.

The over dramatization in the first 20 minutes is enough to make you gag. Mills does a decent job with the crappy script she was given but what bothered me was the saint-like character they made Joyce out to be. Nobody is that pure.

Again, good story but the movie could have been so much better.

10yendesk

Classy TV thriller

Donna Mills gives a powerful performance as a woman wrongfully jailed for murder in this pacey TV movie. The amazing thing is that it was based on a real life story. Robert Wagner is totally believable as her creep of a husband and I think this is one of the best TV Movies I've ever seen.

6Platypuschow

False Arrest: Certainly above average

False Arrest is a made for television thriller based on a true story (Though I'm sure a lot has been changed).

The thing which struck me was it's cast, it's really quite astonishing. It's a regular motley crew of 80's and 90's cult stars and familiar faces.

Steven Bauer, Lane Smith, James Handy, Dennis Christopher, Paul Gleason, Kiersten Warren, Jason London, Robert Wagner and more. Colour me impressed.

It tells the story of a woman who finds herself framed for the deaths of two of her friends. Before she knows it she's in prison, very out of her comfort zone and the case is gradually stacking up against her.

It's actually better than you'd expect it to be, it isn't that the story is fantastic I think it's just a highly competent cast keeping the whole thing afloat.

Great for fans of the genre.

The Good:

Outstanding cast

Interesting enough plot

The Bad:

Perhaps should have been longer

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Women also have the "I love you too, just not in that way" problem.

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On November 16, 2022, Murray Hooper, one of the three hired killers of William "Pat" Redmond and his mother-in-law Helen Phelps, was executed after being on death row for more than four decades since his conviction of the New Year's Eve 1980 murders. His accomplices, Edward Lonzo McCall, Jr. and William Bracy, were also sentenced to death, but preceded Hooper in death before their executions were carried out. McCall died on February 18, 2000 and Bracy died of cancer on April 9, 2005. Robert Charles Cruz, a former businessman and the accused mastermind behind the killings, was initially tried, convicted, and sentenced to die as well, but his sentences were overturned in October 1983. Inside of 10 years, Cruz's case had two mistrials and another conviction that was overturned in July 1993 on a technicality. Cruz was tried a fifth time on June 1, 1995 and was exonerated. Eventually, Cruz moved back to Chicago to be with his four sons. Two years later, in December 1997, Cruz went missing. Earlier that year, Cruz had convinced a relative who was reputed to be a Chicago Mob hit man on trial for murder to hire his former attorney to represent him. However, the hit man was convicted and sentenced to more than 100 years in prison. Days after the conviction, Cruz disappeared. In March 2007, human remains were found wrapped in a blue tarp in Downers Grove, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago. The remains were confirmed as Cruz's and he was identified through fingerprints and tattoos. Law enforcement sources reported that Cruz had been shot. His death was investigated as a murder.