Product Details

• Actors: Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, Farrah Fawcett, Andy Griffith, G.W. Bailey
• Directors: William Hale
• Writers: Ann Kurth, John McGreevey
• Producers: William Hale, Dick Clark, John A. Martinelli, Preston Fischer
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Front Row Video
• VHS Release Date: November 15, 1990
• Run Time: 200 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301912381
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,821 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

1990 VCII Inc., Starring Sam Elliott & Farrah Fawcett - 2-Tape Set - Original Box and 2 Tapes in Next to New Condition - Same Day Ship

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Take TWO, August 12, 2006

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TundraVision (o/~ from the Land of Sky Blue Waters o/~) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Murder in Texas [VHS] (VHS Tape)

THERE ARE *TWO* I SAID 2, VHS TAPES CONSTITUTING THIS 1981 MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE about Houston's Hill murders. The listing here says "Number of tapes: 1" - that is wrong. Make sure you get both tapes. This viewer finished reading Thomas Thompson's "Blood and Money" and was all settled in my armchair having a cozy time watching a Movie that was better than the book when ...
IT STOPPED
and the criminal investigation hadn't even started!
There are TWO tapes, and my seller sold one. I had to wait a whole `nother week.
Young Sam Elliott, alone, as the creepy Dr. Hill, is well worth the price of the set.
But wait!
There's More!
Farrah Fawcett, Katherine Ross, Andy Griffith, and Craig T. Nelson also populate this well-written screenplay with people prettier than the photos I've seen of the actual participants. There are some stunning cuts and juxtapositions - as when we watch the lid of Joan's exhumed casket being opened and then see Kurth/Ross in a similarly shaped bubble bathtub. The movie is kind to Kurth (the object of John Hill's adulterous affection) as it is based on *her* book (not Thompson's tedious tome.)

This gem needs to be released on DVD - to prevent another catastrophe as befell this reviewer, and to include news footage and updates.
/TundraVision, Amazon Reviewer

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A VERY POWERFUL MOVIE, September 30, 2003

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randysmith (Nashville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Murder in Texas [VHS] (VHS Tape)

What a powerful cast of actors for this movie! I'm a great Farrah fan, but the fact that this movie is based on a true murder makes it all the more sensational. It is a long movie, but well worth watching all in one sitting-I did not get bored-in fact, I kept thinking about the real people involved in this case.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best murder mystery in Texas, We want the video!, May 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Murder in Texas [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My sister lived in Houston at the time I read the book. We became obsessed with it. Rode by Joan Hills house and Ash Robinson's in River Oaks. Went to the Avalon Drugstore where Joan shopped. I am a horse trainer and the fact that she was involved with horses made it more real to me! We are planning to go to Houston soon and visit her grave and bring flowers. May Joan Hill rest in Peace and where is John Hill anyhow?