Somebody Killed Her Husband

Somebody Killed Her Husband

Directed by	Lamont Johnson
Produced by	Martin Poll
Written by	Reginald Rose
Starring	Farrah Fawcett-Majors Jeff Bridges John Wood Tammy Grimes John Glover Patricia Elliott Mary McCarty Lawrence Guittard Vincent Robert Santa Lucia Beeson Carroll
Music by	Alex North
Cinematography	Andrew Laszlo Ralf D. Bode
Production company	Melvin Simon Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	September 29, 1978
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$5.1 million^[1]

Somebody Killed Her Husband is a 1978 American comedy-mystery film directed by Lamont Johnson and written by Reginald Rose. It starred Farrah Fawcett and Jeff Bridges. Also in the cast were John Wood, Tammy Grimes and John Glover.

Plot

The film is set in Manhattan, New York City. The plot concerns the efforts of a woman (Fawcett) and her lover (Bridges) to find the murderer of her husband before they are accused of it themselves. The story's climax occurs at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Reginald Rose's screenplay was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award.

Cast

Farrah Fawcett - Jenny Moore (as Farrah Fawcett-Majors)
Jeff Bridges - Jerry Green
John Wood - Ernest Van Santen
Tammy Grimes - Audrey Van Santen
John Glover - Herbert Little
Patricia Elliott - Helene
Mary McCarty - Flora
Laurence Guittard - Preston Moore
Vincent Robert Santa Lucia - Benjamin
Beeson Carroll - Frank Danziger
Eddie Lawrence - Other Neighbor
Arthur Rhyris - Customer
Jean-Pierre Stewart - Man in Beret
Terri DuHaime - Lulu's Mother
Sands Hall - Girl Typist

Release

The film was not a big hit but the filmmakers made a $1 million profit by pre-selling the film.^[1]

Additional information

This film was also released under the following titles:

Aki halt, aki nem - Hungary (imdb display title)
Alguém Matou o Marido Dela - Portugal (imdb display title)
Alguien mató a su marido - Spain
Charade '79 - Japan (English title)
Ihanet çemberi - Turkey (Turkish title)
Joku murhasi hänen miehensä - Finland
Kapoios skotose ton andra tis - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
Knivhugg går igen - Sweden
Ktos zabil jej meza - Poland
Qualcuno ha ucciso mio marito - Italy
Qui a tué mon cher mari? - Belgium (French title)
Rendezvous mit einer Leiche - West Germany

Soundtrack listing

Title Theme (03:19)
Jerry and Jenny (01:33)
Pretty Jenny (01:22)
In the Restaurant (02:41)
Two Lovers (01:26)
Loving Each Other (01:13)
First Date (01:19)
Happiness (01:29)
Unexpected Murder (01:32)
Mysterious Days (02:34)
Doubtful Ernest (01:42)
Pirate Listener (01:37)
Second Murder (01:54)
Secret of Jewels (01:43)
Jerry's Trick (01:37)
The Criminal (01:42)
Fearful Escape (02:03)
In the True Love (02:25)

References

1 2 SPOTLIGHT: MOVIE MOGUL MELVIN SIMON: HIS 'LOVE AT FIRST BITE' IS A HIT By HOLLIS ALPERT. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 06 May 1979: 133

External links

Somebody Killed Her Husband at the Internet Movie Database.com
Somebody Killed Her Husband at the TCM Movie Database

Films directed by Lamont Johnson

A Covenant with Death (1967)
Kona Coast (1968)
My Sweet Charlie (1970)
The McKenzie Break (1970)
A Gunfight (1971)
The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972)
You'll Like My Mother (1972)
That Certain Summer (1972)
The Last American Hero (1973)
Visit to a Chief's Son (1974)
The Execution of Private Slovik (1974)
Lipstick (1976)
One on One (1977)
Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978)
Crisis at Central High (1981)
Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981)
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper (1981)
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985)

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