The Art of Murder (1999)
Elizabeth Sheridan is a painter, living in a beautiful home on the coast near Seattle, where her wealthy husband Cole runs a yacht-building company. Elizabeth and the firm's top designer, Tony Blanchard, are having an affair. A particularly nasty blackmailer confronts her with pictures, threatening to give them to Cole; she and Tony agree to pay, but after two deaths and a torched house, things have gotten complicated: infidelity pales next to a murder charge. A high-school yearbook photo takes her further into danger. What motive might explain and connect the twists? Is she ensnared beyond hope?
Director: Ruben Preuss
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Michael Moriarty as Cole Sheridan |
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Joanna Pacula as Elizabeth Sheridan |
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Boyd Kestner as Tony Blanchard |
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Peter Onorati as Willie Kassel |
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Nathaniel DeVeaux as Sheriff Powers Crawford |
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Betty Linde as Ora Mae Howell |
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Kathryn Anderson as Tina |
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Mark Brandon as Ken Lothrop |
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Jaclynn Grad as Casey McHugh |
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John Tierney as Burton Hiasen |
| Production | Larry Gershman | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Anthony Stark | Writer |
| Production | Michael Frislev | Executive Producer |
| Production | Greg Malcolm | Producer |
| Writing | Sean Smith | Writer |
| Directing | Ruben Preuss | Director |
| Production | Kevin Goetz | Executive Producer |
| Production | Chad Oakes | Executive Producer |
| Production | Vicki Sotheran | Producer |
| Editing | Dona Noga | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emanuela Daus | Key Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Ross Vannelli | Music |
| Art | James Robbins | Production Design |
| Crew | Owen Walstrom | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | John P. Tarver | Director of Photography |