
Murder in Law
1989-10-01 · 94 min · ★ 4.6
A young man's mother comes from Louisiana to live with her son in San Francisco. What her son doesn't know is that Mom was confined to a mental hospital in Louisiana, and she murdered an orderly to escape.
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- Directors
- Tony Jiti Gill
- Production companies
- Kartaire Entertainment, Ullverton Film Productions
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Joe EstevezBill
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