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THE LEGEND OF LIZZIE BORDEN

Production Company: Paramount Television/George LeMaire Productions Network: ABC Date of Release: February 10, 1975 Running Time: 100 minutes Director: Paul Wendkos Screenplay: William Bast Cinematography: Robert B. Hauser Film Editing: John A. Martinelli Art Direction: Jack DeShields Set Decoration: Harry Gordon Costume Design: Guy C. Verhille Producer: George LeMaire; William Bast (associate) Original Music: Billy Goldenberg

CAST: Elizabeth Montgomery...Lizzie Borden Ed Flanders...Hosea Knowlton Fionnula Flanagan...Bridget Sullivan Katherine Helmond...Emma Borden Fritz Weaver...Andrew Borden Don Porter...George Robinson John Beal...Dr. Bowen John Alvin...Dr. Draper Bonnie Bartlett...Sylvia Knowlton Helen Craig...Abby Borden Joan Crosby...Companion Alan Hewitt...Mayor Coughlin Gail Kobe...Alice Russell Jon Lormer...Bailiff J. Edward McKinley...Marshall Hilliard Judson Morgan...Justice Morgan Hayden Rorke...Julien Ralph Tracie Savage...Lizzie Borden, as a child Olan Soule...Eli Bence Amzie Strickland...Adelaide Churchill Gloria Stuart...Store Customer Norman Stuart...Dr. Wood Robert Symonds...Andrew Jennings Patricia Wilson...Hannah Reagan Iggie Wolfington...Store Proprietor Lynn Wood...Mrs. Raymond John Zaremba...Judge Blaisdell

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Synopsis: "Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother forty whacks, and when she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one"...well, not quite, but the effect was just the same. Montgomery portrays the infamous ax murderess with impressive results. The film follows the real-life events pretty closely (a few liberties are taken) and uses actual court transcripts for a good part of the dialogue. One of Montgomery's most popular films.