Murder in Peyton Place

Murder in Peyton Place
GenreMystery
Based onPeyton Place
by Grace Metalious
Screenplay byRichard De Roy
Directed byBruce Kessler
StarringDorothy Malone
Ed Nelson
Tim O'Connor
Joyce Jillson
Christopher Connelly
Janet Margolin
Marj Dusay
James Booth
David Hedison
Stella Stevens
Charles Siebert
Theme music composerLaurence Rosenthal
Production
Executive producerPaul Monash
ProducerPeter Katz
CinematographyGert Andersen
EditorBud S. Isaacs
Running time100 minutes
Production companies20th Century Fox Television
Peter Katz Productions
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseOctober 3, 1977 (1977-10-03)
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Murder in Peyton Place is a 1977 American made-for-television mystery-drama film directed by Bruce Kessler. The film is based on the 1964–1969 TV series Peyton Place and it was billed as a reunion movie.[1]: 363  It first aired on NBC Monday Night at the Movies on October 3, 1977. It focuses on the mysterious deaths of Rodney Harrington and Allison MacKenzie, as well as a diabolical plot of a powerful person to ruin the community.[2]

  1. ^ Toth, Emily (1980). Inside Peyton Place: the life of Grace Metalious. Mississippi: Univ. Press of Mississippi.
  2. ^ Review Summary The New York Times