Murder Ordained (1987)

This is the story of a minister who's feeling unhappy in his marriage who then has an affair with a church employee, who is also married, and who also has affairs, and whose husband is unwilling to divorce her. One day the minister's wife is found dead, in what appears to be an auto accident, but the highway patrolman who investigated the accident doesn't think that it's an accident but doesn't have enough evidence to justify an investigation. Later, when the woman's husband is killed an investigation begins.

Cast (46)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Keith Carradine

Trooper John Rule

JoBeth Williams

Lorna Anderson

Kathy Bates

Bobbi Birk

Guy Boyd

Mike Buckley

Terence Knox

Martin Anderson

Darrell Larson

Ronald Stark

John Goodman

Hugh Rayburn

Annabella Price

Sandy Bird

Robert Harper

Warren

M

Margot Rose

Nancy Horst

M. Emmet Walsh

Vern Humphrey

Terry Kinney

Tom Bird

Anne E. Curry

Loraine Rule

Bruce French

Bruce Linton

Lee Garlington

Lorna's Friend

Johnny Galecki

Doug Rule

B

Ben Stephenson

Canoeist (uncredited)

Don Hood

Sergeant Clayton

George McDaniel

Duane Stark

J

Jason Barnhill

Jason Rule

Pat Billingsley

Ray

Terry Bozeman

Kevin Lloyd

Larry Brandenburg

Judge

R

Robert Britton

J

Joel Colodner

Simon Long

Nathan Davis

Doctor

Darrell Fetty

Bagwell

Patricia Gaul

Paulette

Meg Gibson

Cheryl

L

Lee Kessler

Helen

Michael Krawic

Bird's Lawyer

W

William Kuhlke

T

Tony Lincoln

Holmes Osborne

TV Evangelist

Mike Pniewski

Shanks

Chelcie Ross

Detective

Ned Schmidtke

Jeff Ellis

M

Mary Seibel

June Post

Ann Whitney

Hillary Wolf

Holly Anderson

J

James Anthony

Phillip Jordan

P

Peter Bakely

Umpire

D

Drew Dimmel

TV Reporter

Herk Harvey

Jury Foreman

J

John Stefano

Birds' Neighbor

B

Ben Stephenson

Canoeist

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