Product Details

• Actors: Peter Strauss, Heather Locklear, Dennis Franz, Lewis Smith, Susan Walters
• Directors: Dick Lowry
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Unicorn (Tnt200)
• DVD Release Date: September 17, 2006
• Run Time: 175 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000JRYOYC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,159 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great made for TV movie, August 29, 2008

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DesignerJR "DesignerJR" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Texas Justice (DVD)

I was surpised at how good this movie was. I vaguely remember the events, since I live in Houston. Heather Locklear was great as Priscilla Davis.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE, LOVE, LOVE...This mini-series!!!!!, June 13, 2010

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True Crime Buff "TCB" (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Texas Justice (DVD)

This is without a doubt, one of my favorite mini-series from the 90's. It is the "king" of True Crime stories....Peter Strauss and Heather Locklear create riveting, memorable, portraits of T.Cullen and Priscilla Davis against a back drop of wealth and power in Texas...This movie has it all...AN OUTSTANDING SCRIPT,MILLIONAIRES,SEX,LOVE,ROCK'N'ROLL and MURDER!!!...The series also details the rise of famed Texas attorney,Richard "Racehorse" Haynes, brilliantly played by Dennis Franz...There are plenty of twists,turns and suspense to keep you on the edge of your seat and guessing until the final credits! I promise you will watch this AGAIN & AGAIN!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars -- If You've Read About The Case, February 15, 2005

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J. Reynolds (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Texas Justice (VHS Tape)

Folks who've read the story of Ft. Worth's T. Cullen Davis and his trials (for murder, and solicitation of murder), best related in the book "Blood Will Tell," will consider this film a fair rendition... but if one does not already know the story, some of it is a bit difficult to follow. This is the tale of Cullen Davis ("the richest man ever tried for murder") and his second wife, Priscilla, a working-class young woman who married into the upper crust. Cullen appeared to be a conservative playboy, running his father's immense company into mediocrity, but living lavishly off the family's wealth. Priscilla comes across as the classic gold-digger who didn't really know much about money and wealth at first, but learned VERY fast. While their marriage was happy, they build a huge mansion in Ft. Worth and furnished it richly. After the relationship tanked, Cullen moved out and the messy divorce began. Right in the middle of things, a man dressed in black and wearing a wig, appeared at the mansion one night and shot Priscilla... along with killing her 12-year-old daughter and her boyfriend. Priscilla accused Cullen, who was immediately arrested. The murder trial, dominated by Houston lawyer Racehorse Haynes, turned into just the sort of circus you'd expect when the defendant has a zillion dollars. Later, Davis was charged with trying to have Priscilla and some others killed (this, presumably, would settle the divorce fiasco).

This is a seemingly fluff film that actually has more depth that most of these sorts of mostly-true tele-dramas, so it must be watched fairly closely. Heather Locklear nails the Priscilla described in "Blood Will Tell," an extremely interesting character. Cullen is -- and this was probably intentional -- a semi-cypher, very true to the form of the individual presented in the book. You will like the film if you read the book, and you might enjoy it if you did not.