Murder C.O.D. | |
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Genre | Crime Thriller |
Based on | Kill Fee by Barbara Paul |
Teleplay by | Andrew Peter Marin |
Directed by | Alan Metzger |
Starring | Patrick Duffy William Devane |
Music by | Fred Karlin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Perry Lafferty |
Producer | Fred Whitehead |
Cinematography | Bernd Heinl |
Editor | Pamela Malouf |
Running time | 100 min |
Production companies | Perry Lafferty Productions The Kushner-Locke Company World International Network |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | September 21, 1990 |
Murder C.O.D. is a 1990 American made-for-television crime drama film directed by Alan Metzger starring Patrick Duffy and William Devane based on the Barbara Paul novel Kill Fee .
The movie was filmed in Portland, Oregon in May 1990, including on the South Park Blocks. [1]
Police officer Steve Murtaugh is blackmailed for having an extramarital affair. Moving with his wife from Chicago to Portland Oregon, the blackmailer follows.
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