The Woman Who Sinned

The Woman Who Sinned
Genre	Drama
Screenplay by	Denne Petitclerc
Story by	Stu Samuels
Directed by	Michael Switzer
Starring	Susan Lucci Tim Matheson
Music by	David Kurtz
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Stu Samuels
Producer	Susan Weber-Gold
Production location	Los Angeles
Cinematography	Denis Lewiston
Editor	Neil Mandelberg
Running time	100 minutes
Production companies	Samuels Film Company World International Network
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	November 17, 1991 (1991-11-17)

The Woman Who Sinned is a 1991 American television film directed by Michael Switzer and starring Susan Lucci and Tim Matheson. It was later released in 1992 by Genesis Home Video (UK) as a home video titled Mortal Passion (run time 90 minutes).[1]

Plot

Victoria Robeson (Lucci) and her husband Michael (Matheson) are an apparently happily married couple. However Victoria becomes involved in an adulterous affair with Evan Ganns (Dudikoff) who later kills her friend Jane Woodman. Victoria is falsely accused of the murder and is forced to reveal details of her affair to prove her innocence.

Cast

• Susan Lucci as Victoria Robeson
• Tim Matheson as Michael Robeson
• Michael Dudikoff as Evan Ganns
• John Vernon as Lt. Girvetz, police lieutenant in charge of the murder investigation
• Clayton Landey as Larry
• Christina Belford as Randy Emerson, a private detective
• Lenore Kasdorf as Jane Woodman
• Tom Everett as a police sergeant
• Dick Miller as Thomas, a police detective
• Claudia Christian as Judy Reinhardt

Reception

The film received negative reviews. According to Joanna Berry in the Radio Times (on line), "More time seems to have been spent on Lucci's wardrobe and hairdo than on the plot"[2] and Hal Erickson at AllMovie wrote that the film was a "melodramatic farrago" for which "the publicity people did their best to suggest that The Woman Who Sinned was reminiscent of Fatal Attraction, simply because both films involved a clandestine love affair and a psycho killer".[3]

References

1. "Mortal Passion (1992)". BBFC. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
2. Joanna Berry. "The Woman Who Sinned – Michael Switzer (1991)". RadioTimes. Immediate Media. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
3. Hal Erickson. "The Woman Who Sinned (1991) – Synopsis". AllMovie. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

External links

• The Woman Who Sinned at IMDb
• The Woman Who Sinned at the TCM Movie Database
• The Woman Who Sinned at The Movie Scene