''Deadly Relations'' is a 1993 American

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directed by

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. It stars Robert Urich, Shelley Fabares and

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. The film originally aired on ABC on May 22, 1993. ''Deadly Relations'' is based on the true crime book ''Deadly Relations: A True Story of Murder in a Suburban Family'' by Carol Donahue and Shirley Hall. Donahue and Hall are the daughters of Leonard Fagot, a

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attorney whose obsession with controlling his daughters led to him murdering their husbands for hefty insurance pay outs.

Plot

Leonard Fagot has four daughters with whom he is obsessed. He lets them know how he feels about the men they date. And if he disapproves of them, he probably will have them killed to get them out of his daughters' life.

Cast

* Robert Urich as Leonard J. Fagot * Shelley Fabares as Shirley Fagot *

as Carol Ann Fagot Applegarth Holland * Joy Farmer as Shirley Fagot, Jr. * Georgia Emelin as Joanne Fagot Westerfield * Jillian Boyd as Nancy Fagot *

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as George Westerfield * Tony Higgins as Mike Holland * Ted Marcoux as Bruce Applegarth * Roxana Zal as Marty

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* * * 1993 television films 1993 films 1993 crime drama films American crime drama films American thriller television films Films based on non-fiction books Films directed by Bill Condon Films set in the 1960s Films set in the 1970s Films shot in Atlanta Crime thriller films based on actual events ABC Motion Pictures films American drama television films 1990s American films {{US-tv-thriller-film-stub