Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story

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Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
GenreDrama
Thriller
Written byAlan Hines
Directed by David Greene
Starring Lesley Ann Warren
Music by Peter Manning Robinson
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers Stockton Briggle
David J. Eagle
Sally Young
Producers James G. Hirsch
Robert A. Papazian
Carol Starr Schneider
Alan Stepp
Jack Allen (associate producer)
Production locationsLos Angeles Harbor, Wilmington, Los Angeles, California
Church of the Angels - 1100 Avenue 64, Pasadena, California
Cinematography Stevan Larner
Editor Daniel T. Cahn
Running time120 minutes
Production companies David Eagle Productions
Papazian-Hirsch Entertainment International
Stockton Briggle
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseNovember 8, 1992 (1992-11-08)

Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story is a 1992 American television film directed by David Greene. It stars Lesley Ann Warren and Tess Harper. [1] It was nominated for a Young Artist Award in 1993. [2]

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It preceded, but was ultimately overshadowed by, the bigger-budgeted and more star-powered version of the "true story", The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom .

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  1. http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/willing-to-kill-the-texas-cheerleader-story-v129974 [ dead link ]
  2. "Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story - IMDb". IMDb .