The Staircase Murders (2007)

Directed by

Tom McLoughlin

Genre

crime, mystery, tv movie

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

16

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows Michael Peterson, a man convicted of beating his wife to death. It reveals that a friend of his died under similar conditions many years earlier.

crime-focusedsuspensefulserioustensesombermelancholicproceduralpsychological

What happens

The Staircase Murders is a 2007 Lifetime television film directed by Tom McLoughlin and starring Treat Williams, Samaire Armstrong, and Kevin Pollak. Based on Aphrodite Jones' book A Perfect Husband, the film was written by Jones and Donald Martin. It tells the story of Michael Peterson, who was convicted in 2003 of killing his wife by beating her over the head. During the trial it was revealed that many years previously a friend of Peterson's, whose children he would later adopt, died under seemingly similar circumstances. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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