But it instead is a true story of a Southern woman who is the definition of chutzpah. She commits crime after crime, spends well beyond her means, and then manages to escape custody and allude the police for years all the while playing her old money yet working class second husband like a fiddle.
Judith Light, of "Who's the Boss" fame, plays the role of Audrey Marie Hilley and does a very good job. Fortunately, the script never asks her to explain herself, and the film is better with her as a complete moral mystery. David Ogden Stiers is very poignant as the second husband, who, for some reason, doesn't suspect a thing until the facts are flung in his face.
And who gives a three day parole to a convicted murderer? I mean, yikes! I guess the one big unanswered question is what Audrey was doing in the woods for those four days at the end. Was she waiting on somebody or did she just finally feel the walls caving in? I'd recommend it if you ever get the chance to see it.
Judith Light, of "Who's the Boss" fame, plays the role of Audrey Marie Hilley and does a very good job. Fortunately, the script never asks her to explain herself, and the film is better with her as a complete moral mystery. David Ogden Stiers is very poignant as the second husband, who, for some reason, doesn't suspect a thing until the facts are flung in his face.
And who gives a three day parole to a convicted murderer? I mean, yikes! I guess the one big unanswered question is what Audrey was doing in the woods for those four days at the end. Was she waiting on somebody or did she just finally feel the walls caving in? I'd recommend it if you ever get the chance to see it.