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Murder in the Heartland ()


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Season: 1 Year: 1993

A wanna-be tough guy and his fourteen-year-old girlfriend go on a murder spree.

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  • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
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  Elmer Scheele (2 episodes, 1993)
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  Gus Meyer (2 episodes, 1993)
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  Marion Bartlett (2 episodes, 1993)
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  Jonette Fox (2 episodes, 1993)
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  Governor Anderson (2 episodes, 1993)
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  C. Lauer Ward (2 episodes, 1993)
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  Clara Ward (2 episodes, 1993)
Jake Carpenter ...
  Robert Jensen (2 episodes, 1993)
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  Carol King (2 episodes, 1993)
Don Bloomfield ...
  Bobby Colvert (2 episodes, 1993)
John Hussey ...
  Mr. Jensen (1993) (2 episodes, 1993)
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  Deputy Sheriff Bill Romer (2 episodes, 1993)
John S. Davies ...
  Merle Karnopp (2 episodes, 1993)
Mark Walters ...
  Chief Robert Ainslie (2 episodes, 1993)
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  Velda Bartlett (2 episodes, 1993)
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  Clem Gaughan (2 episodes, 1993)
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  Judge Brooks (2 episodes, 1993)
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  Earl Heflin (2 episodes, 1993)
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  Hazel Heflin (2 episodes, 1993)
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  Charles Starkweather (2 episodes, 1993)
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  Caril Ann Fugate (2 episodes, 1993)
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  Pansy Street (2 episodes, 1993)
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  John McArthur (2 episodes, 1993)
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  Unknown (1 episode, 1993)
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  Native American (uncredited) (1 episode, 1993)
Tom Smith ...
  Milkman (uncredited) (1 episode, 1993)
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  Barbara Von Busch (uncredited) (unknown episodes)
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  Deputy at Riot (uncredited) (unknown episodes)
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  Coroner's assistant (uncredited) (unknown episodes)
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  Bob Von Busch (uncredited) (unknown episodes)
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  Rookie Cop (uncredited) (unknown episodes)
Gary Mitchell Carter ...
  Rodney Starkweather (uncredited) (unknown episodes)
Suzi McLaughlin ...
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Joan Arenstein ...
  Juror (uncredited) (unknown episodes)

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Plot Summary

The true story of Charlie Starkweather who murdered eleven people during a 1958 killing spree throughout Nebraska and Wyoming. The 19 year-old was tried and convicted, along with his 14 year-old girlfriend; Caril Ann Fugate. Starkweather was executed by electric chair a year later. Fugate served seventeen years before her parole.

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Also Known As
  • Starkweather: Murder in the Heartland (United States)
  • La Balade Sanglante (France)
  • Heart to Kill (Germany)
  • Inocencia asesina (Spain)
  • Marcado por la rabia (Spain)
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  • 157 min
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Trivia Fairuza Balk made an effort to get in touch with the real Caril Ann Fugate in order to make her role more authentic. Fugate, who was living in quiet anonymity in Lansing, Michigan at the time, rejected Balk's invitation and stated that she wanted nothing to do with production. See more »
Movie Connections Version of Badlands (1973). See more »

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