False Arrest (film)

*False Arrest*
False Arrest
Genre	Drama
Based on	False Arrest: The Joyce Lukezic Story
Written by	Joyce Lukezic; Ted Schwarz; Andrew Laskos
Directed by	Bill L. Norton
Starring	Donna Mills; Steven Bauer; Lane Smith; Robert Wagner;
Music by	Sylvester Levay
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Joel Fields; Ronald H. Gilbert; Leonard Hill
Producers	Ardythe Goergens (co-producer); Susan Daria Landino (associate producer); Andrew Laskos (co-producer)
Cinematography	Robert Draper
Editor	Mark W. Rosenbaum
Running time	192 minutes
Production companies	Joel Fields Productions; Leonard Hill Films; Ron Gilbert Associates
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	November 3 –; November 6, 1991

False Arrest is a 1991 American television film based on the real-life murders of William Redmond and Helen Phelps and the true story of Joyce Lukezic, who was wrongfully convicted of being one of the masterminds behind the murders.^[1] Directed by Bill L. Norton and starring Donna Mills and Steven Bauer, the film was broadcast in two parts on November 3 and 6, 1991.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Synopsis[edit]

On New Year's Eve 1980, in Phoenix, Arizona, William "Pat" Redmond, his wife, Marilyn, and her mother; Helen Phelps, are hustled into a bedroom in their house by three men with guns and are each shot in the back of the head. Both Pat and Phelps die while Marilyn survives. Joyce Lukezic, the wife of Pat Redmond's business partner, Ron Lukezic, is charged with masterminding the murders.

After going to jail, Joyce suffers a heart attack, is abandoned by her lawyer and husband, and is attacked in prison. She also attempts suicide. When Joyce gets a new lawyer, she tells him she suspects her husband is the true mastermind behind the murders. She eventually gets a retrial and is found innocent.

Cast[edit]

Donna Mills as Joyce Lukezic
Steven Bauer as Detective Dan Ryan
Lane Smith as Martin Busey
James Handy as Thomas Thinnes
Lewis Van Bergen as Arnie Merrill
Dennis Christopher as Wally Roberts
Paul Gleason as Arthur Ross
Penny Fuller as Marilyn Redmond
Kiersten Warren as Eden
Jason London as Eric
Brian Bonsall as Jason Lukezic
Robert Wagner as Ron Lukezic
Robert Sampson as Pat Redmond
Harriet White Medin as Helen Phelps

References[edit]

^ Fitzpatrick, Tom (November 6, 1991). "As seen on TV, a famous Phoenix murder". Phoenix New Times. Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
^ "Arizona wants to execute last surviving defendant of Valley murder plot". KPNX. July 19, 2022. Archived from the original on January 1, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
^ Shales, Tom (November 2, 1991). "'Arrest': Shut And Open Case". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
^ Willman, Chris (November 6, 1991). "TV Reviews : ABC's 'False Arrest' Manages to Remain Arresting". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 31, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2024.

External links[edit]

False Arrest at IMDb

[1] Fitzpatrick, Tom (November 6, 1991). "As seen on TV, a famous Phoenix murder". Phoenix New Times. Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2024.

[2] "Arizona wants to execute last surviving defendant of Valley murder plot". KPNX. July 19, 2022. Archived from the original on January 1, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2024.

[3] Shales, Tom (November 2, 1991). "'Arrest': Shut And Open Case". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2024.

[4] Willman, Chris (November 6, 1991). "TV Reviews : ABC's 'False Arrest' Manages to Remain Arresting". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 31, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2024.

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