TV movie based on the novel "Blood Brothers," about the murder of Jose Menéndez and his wife Kitty by their sons, Erik and Lyle.
Acting
Jill Clayburgh brings tragic fragility to a woman history forgot.
Production
Shot during the actual trial—zeitgeist-capturing time capsule energy.
Director
Paul Schneider
James Farentino
Jose Menendez
Jill Clayburgh
Kitty Menendez
Billy Warlock
Lyle Menendez
John Beck
Detective Les Zoeller
Michael Paul Chan
Lester Kuriyama
Erin Gray
Pamela Bozanich
Elaine Joyce
Jill Lansing
Stanley Kamel
Dr. Jerome Oziel
Susan Blakely
Leslie Abramson
Meg Wittner
Judalon Smyth
Bobbie Phillips
Jamie Pisarcik
Steve Bannos
Det. Tim Linehan
Jeffery Bowman
Coroner
Ralph Votrian
Mr. Cromwell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired on CBS while the real trial was ongoing, making it essentially courtroom fanfiction that influenced public opinion.
The Menendez brothers' first trial ended in hung juries; this movie exists in that liminal space before their 1996 conviction.
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