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| Murder in the Heartland | |
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| Genre | Drama Thriller |
| Written by | Michael O'Hara |
| Directed by | Robert Markowitz |
| Starring | Tim Roth Fairuza Balk Brian Dennehy Randy Quaid Renée Zellweger Kate Reid Milo O'Shea Rondi Reed |
| Theme music composer | Patrick Williams |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Lawrence Horowitz Michael O'Hara |
| Producers | S. Bryan Hickox Michael G. Larkin (associate producer) Joe Dishner (associate producer) |
| Production locations | McKinney, Texas Van Alstyne, Texas |
| Cinematography | Ronald Victor Garcia |
| Editors | David Beatty Scott Vickrey |
| Running time | 157 minutes |
| Production company | O'Hara-Horowitz Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | May 3, 1993 |
Murder in the Heartland is a television miniseries that aired on ABC in 1993. It was based on the 1957–58 murder spree carried out by 19-year-old Charles Starkweather throughout Nebraska and Wyoming. Starkweather is played by Tim Roth. The first half of the miniseries covers the murders. The second half covers the trials of Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate, his 14-year-old girlfriend accomplice. Their increasingly disparate versions of events are contrasted as the trials unfold.
The film received strong praise from critics and Emmy nominations.
