The Rosary Murders (1987)
- Directed by
- Fred Walton
- Genre
- crime film, mystery film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 37 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A priest in Detroit investigates a series of brutal murders targeting members of his Roman Catholic parish. The killer uses rosary beads to taunt authorities, and the priest must navigate the church hierarchy to stop the violence.
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What happens
The Rosary Murders is a 1987 American mystery crime film directed by Fred Walton, and starring Donald Sutherland, Charles Durning, Belinda Bauer, and Josef Sommer. The plot follows a series of gruesome murders occurring within a Detroit Roman Catholic parish. It is based upon the 1979 novel of the same name by William X. Kienzle. Kienzle received screenplay credit, as did Elmore Leonard. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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