Blind Faith (miniseries)
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1994 VHS cover
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| Genre | Thriller |
| Based on |
Blind Faith by Joe McGinniss |
| Screenplay by | John Gay |
| Story by | Joe McGinniss |
| Directed by | Paul Wendkos |
| Starring |
Robert Urich Joanna Kerns David Barry Gray Jay Underwood Johnny Galecki |
| Theme music composer | Laurence Rosenthal |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Susan Baerwald (executive producer) Dan Wigutow (executive producer) Daniel Franklin (co-producer) |
| Cinematography | Chuck Arnold |
| Editor(s) | Christopher Cooke James Galloway |
| Running time | 190 minutes |
| Production company(s) | NBC Productions |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | February 11, 1990 |
Blind Faith is a 1990 NBC miniseries based on the 1989 true crime book of the same name by Joe McGinniss. It follows the 1984 case in which American businessman Robert O. Marshall was charged with (and later convicted of) the contract killing of his wife, Maria. Adapted by John Gay and directed by Paul Wendkos, the miniseries was originally broadcast in two parts with a total runtime of 190 minutes.
The cast includes Robert Urich, Joanna Kerns, Doris Roberts, Johnny Galecki, William Forsythe and Dennis Farina.
In Toms River, New Jersey, the Marshalls — Rob (Urich) and Maria (Kerns), and their three sons, 18-year-old Roby (Barry Gray), 17-year-old Chris (Jay Underwood) and 12-year-old John (Johnny Galecki) — are an apparently happy family living the American Dream. But in September 1984, Maria is shot and killed, and Rob claims she was murdered by a robber while he was changing a flat tire. When the police commence their investigations, however, they discover unsettling truths about the Marshalls: Rob has secretly accumulated an enormous debt and has secured a second mortgage of $100,000 in Maria's name, and is having an affair with a married neighbor, Felice Richmond (Robin Strasser). Maria had known of the affair, and had considered divorce but decided to work on their marriage shortly before she was killed.
Felice gives the police a statement that Rob wanted to get rid of his wife to collect on her life insurance, and he immediately becomes the prime suspect. At first, Rob's friends and sons support him. But they begin to notice that he does not seem to be in mourning over Maria's death, and Rob's best friend Sal (Joe Spano) is angry that he is more interested in building a future with Felice. Rob is advised by his lawyer not to contact Felice because it could influence his image; this troubles Rob, who is deeply in love with her. Meanwhile, the police have expanded their list of suspects to include Andrew Meyers (Jake Dengel), a Louisiana shop clerk who had contact with Rob concerning his financial problems, and Arnie Eggers, a rumored hitman.
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