The Widowmaker is a 1990 made for television film starring Annabelle Apsion, Alun Armstrong, David Morrissey and Kenneth Welsh. The film deals with a woman whose husband has been arrested after going on a killing rampage and the reaction of her local community. It was produced In the United Kingdom by Central Independent Television for the ITV Network and aired on 29 December 1990. It received a nomination for Best Single Drama at the 1991 BAFTA Awards.
Acting
Apsion's shattered restraint; Morrissey's chilling pre-breakdown normalcy.
Direction
Madden makes domestic spaces feel like crime scenes.
Director
John Madden
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Madden directed this between theatre work and before Shakespeare in Love made him famous — his TV roots show in the tight framing.
ITV's '90s single dramas were prestige events that drew massive audiences; this one's basically forgotten, which feels fitting for its themes of erasure.
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