Crowned and Dangerous | |
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Directed by | Christopher Leitch |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
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Producer(s) | Rosalie Muskatt |
Cinematography | Robert Primes |
Editor(s) | John Duffy |
Running time | 96 minutes |
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Distributor | ABC |
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Original network | ABC |
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Crowned and Dangerous was a 1997 made-for-TV movie based on a true story and starred Yasmine Bleeth, Cassidy Rae, George Eads, Jill Clayburgh and Gates McFadden.
An aspiring beauty queen Danielle Stevens (Yasmine Bleeth) and her overbearing mother Cathy Stevens (Jill Clayburgh) may have resorted to murder to ensure a win in an upcoming pageant. After the murder of a beauty queen, an investigation reveals the suspects to be the former lover Riley Baxter's stepmother Patrice, rival contestant Danielle, and Danielle's highly ambitious mother Cathy. At the end, it turned out, that the murderer was Danielle Stevens, who was found guilty by the jury and sentenced to lifelong imprisonment. In 1997 at the time of making the film, she was already serving her prison sentence.
Judith Verno and Rachel Verno (Co-producers)