Mercy or Murder? (1987)
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Though based on a true story which occurred in 1985, the made-for-TV Mercy or Murder? bears traces of the 1947 Fredric March film An Act of Murder. Robert Young stars as Roswell Gilbert, a 75-year-old Florida retiree happily married for 45 years. Gilbert's wife (Frances Reid) falls victim to… More Though based on a true story which occurred in 1985, the made-for-TV Mercy or Murder? bears traces of the 1947 Fredric March film An Act of Murder. Robert Young stars as Roswell Gilbert, a 75-year-old Florida retiree happily married for 45 years. Gilbert's wife (Frances Reid) falls victim to Alzheimer's disease, which transforms their blissful existence into a six-year ordeal of unrelieved misery. Gilbert is eventually moved to murder his wife and end her suffering. He is tried for murder, and sent to prison chiefly because he refuses to apologize for what he has done. The performances of Robert Young and Frances Reid compensate for the windier, preachier passages of Mercy or Murder? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Steve Gethers
- Genres
- Drama
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Cast
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Eddie Albert
as Joe Varon
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Paulette Attie
as Lillian
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Marshall Colt
as Hancock
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Michael Learned
as Skipper
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Shawn McAllister
as Clark
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Joe Petrullo
as Magnano
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Frances Reid
as Emily Gilbert
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Arnie Ross
as Scheff
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Robert Young
as Roswell Gilbert
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Barry Hober
as Gulkin
- Alex Panas
- Darcy Shean
- Renee Sweeney
- Todd Vittum
- Jerry Hotchkiss
- Roger Pretto
