The Rosary Murders

The Rosary Murders
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Fred Walton
Produced by	Robert G. Laurel
Written by	William X. Kienzle Elmore Leonard Fred Walton
Starring	Donald Sutherland Charles Durning Belinda Bauer Tom Mardirosian Mark Margolis Anita Barone Jack White
Music by	Bobby Laurel Don Sebesky
Cinematography	David Golia
Edited by	Sam Vitale
Distributed by	The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Release dates	August 28, 1987 (1987-08-28)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,730,337^[1]

The Rosary Murders is a 1987 American neo-noir mystery film starring Donald Sutherland as Father Koesler, based upon the novel by William X. Kienzle. Kienzle received screenplay credit, as did Elmore Leonard.

The story involves a series of murders in which the victims are all either Roman Catholic priests or nuns, each of whom is found with a black rosary. Father Koesler goes in search of the murderer but is caught in a quandary when the murderer confesses the crimes to him. He is unable to break the seal of confession by going to the police.

Jack White has an uncredited role in the film as an altar server.^[2] The film was shot in Detroit, Michigan at Holy Redeemer parish, a century old Roman Catholic church on Detroit's Southwest side.

Main cast

Donald Sutherland as Father Robert Koesler
Charles Durning as Father Ted Nabors
Josef Sommer as Lt. Walt Kosnicki
Belinda Bauer as Pat Lennon
James Murtaugh as Javison
Addison Powell as Father Killeen
Anita Barone as Irene Jimenez
Tom Mardirosian as Detective Fallon
Jihmi Kennedy
Mark Margolis
Rex Everhart
Lupe Ontiveros as Sophie

References

↑ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rosarymurders.htm
↑ http://www.nerve.com/screeningroom/film/coffeeandcigarettes/ - Interview by nerve.com - 2004

External links

The Rosary Murders at the Internet Movie Database
The Rosary Murders at the TCM Movie Database
The Rosary Murders at AllMovie
The Rosary Murders at Rotten Tomatoes

Works by Elmore Leonard

Novels	Hombre (1961) The Big Bounce (1969) Swag (1976) Unknown Man No. 89 (1977) The Hunted (1977) City Primeval (1980) Split Images (1981) La Brava (1983) Glitz (1985) Killshot (1989) Get Shorty (1990) Rum Punch (1992) Pronto (1993) Riding the Rap (1995) Naked Came the Manatee (1996) Out of Sight (1996) Cuba Libre (1998) Pagan Babies (2000) Tishomingo Blues (2002) A Coyote's in the House (2004) The Hot Kid (2005) Road Dogs (2009) Djibouti (2010) Raylan (2012)

Short stories	"Three-Ten to Yuma" (1953)

Screenplays	Joe Kidd (1972) Mr. Majestyk (1974) High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980) The Rosary Murders (1987)

Film adaptations	The Tall T (1957) 3:10 to Yuma (1957) Hombre (1967) The Big Bounce (1969) The Moonshine War (1970) Valdez Is Coming (1971) The Ambassador (1984) Stick (1985) 52 Pick-Up (1986) Cat Chaser (1989) Get Shorty (1995) Jackie Brown (1997) Last Stand at Saber River (1997) Touch (1997) Out of Sight (1998) The Big Bounce (2004) Be Cool (2005) 3:10 to Yuma (2007) Killshot (2009) Life of Crime (2013)

Television adaptations	Maximum Bob (1998) Karen Sisco (2003) Justified (2010–2015)

Films directed by Fred Walton

The Sitter (1977) When a Stranger Calls (1979) April Fool's Day (1986) The Rosary Murders (1987) Hadley's Rebellion (1987) I Saw What You Did (1988) When a Stranger Calls Back (1993) The Stepford Husbands (1996)

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