In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy

In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy
Directed by Bill D'Elia
Produced by Chuck McLain
Executive Producers:
Art Harris
Gary Hoffman
Written by Danielle Hill
Starring Laura Leighton
Michael Hayden
Richard Crenna
Bonnie Bartlett
Cinematography James R. Bagdonas
Production
company
Westgate Productions, Inc.
Art Harris Productions
Gary Hoffman Productions, Inc.
20th Century Fox Television
Columbia Pictures Television
Distributed by Fox Broadcasting Company
Sony Pictures Television
Release dates
  • September 12, 1995 (1995-09-12)
Running time
96 minutes
Country United States
Language English

In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy is a 1995 American film loosely based on the story of Ralph Hand III, and his ex-wife Olivia Browning.

Plot

Laurette Wilder (Laura Leighton) is a poor girl from the wrong side of the tracks who falls in love with Luke Constable III (Michael Hayden), the grandson of a rich farmer who has been crippled in an automobile accident. Against the wishes of his grandfather (Richard Crenna), who sees the girl as a gold-digger, young Luke and Laurette get married. The senior Mr. Constable, however, goes out of his way to make his new granddaughter-in-law feel unwelcome, which quickly causes a rift in her marriage. Following a brief breakup, Laurette encourages Luke to break away from his grandfather and relinquish his rights to the family fortune. Struggling in poverty, Luke contemplates murdering Mr. Constable, but he can't bring himself to do it. The couple divorce, reconcile, then separate again. Laurette finds Luke drunk and brandishing a gun; she goads him into shooting her - he kills her with one shot. He takes his wife's dead body into the woods and burns it. He is arrested and imprisoned.

Cast


Production

Laura Leighton sets up the bottles to be shot down while filming "In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy"

Principal photography began on June 7, 1995 and the film was shot entirely on-location in Denton, Aubrey, Pilot Point, Sanger, Bolivar, Lewisville, and Dallas, Texas.[1] The film was shot in 19 days,[2] during which time the visiting cast commuted around the area from a hotel in Denton.[2]




References

  1. "In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy (1995) - Locations". Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  2. 1 2 DeLeon, Jessica (June 28, 1995). "Hollywood Circus: Stars Shine for Locals". The Denton Record-Chronicle.

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