The Joy That Kills | |
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Genre | Drama Romance |
Based on | "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin |
Written by | Tina Rathborne Nancy Dyer |
Directed by | Tina Rathborne |
Starring | Frances Conroy Jeffrey DeMunn |
Music by | Jed Feuer |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Tina Rathborne Sue Felt Tony Mark |
Cinematography | Misha Suslov |
Editor | Cindy Kaplan |
Running time | 56 minutes |
Production companies | Cypress Films Mark/Jett Productions |
Original release | |
Network | PBS |
Release | January 28, 1985 |
The Joy that Kills is a 1985 American made-for-television film adaptation of Kate Chopin's 1894 short story "The Story of an Hour." It was directed by Tina Rathborne and co-written by Rathborne and Nancy Dyer. [1] It was broadcast on the PBS television program American Playhouse on January 28, 1985. [2] The production was filmed at the Gallier House Museum in New Orleans. [2]
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