Children of Fortune (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Sheldon Larry

Writer:

Joel Blasberg (written by)

Release Date:

1 November 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Navy detective Dave Passenger is assigned to investigate the murder of a sailor's girlfriend. Dave follows...

Plot Keywords:

Polygamy | Daughter | Murder | Small Community | Mormon

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

James Brolin	...	Dave Passenger
Virginia Madsen	...	Ingrid Bast
Amanda Fuller	...	Erica Passenger
Michael Moriarty	...	Sheriff Bast
Eric Johnson	...	Andrew Bast
Kris Lemche	...	Shane Roberson
Kyla Wise	...	Sarah Coop (as Kyla Anderson)
Joe Norman Shaw	...	Loren Smith
Brian Stollery	...	Abraham Bast
Barbara Kozicki	...	Alisha Coop
Gemma Smith	...	Martha Smith
Ron Hartmann	...	President Jessup
David Lereaney	...	Wilfred Coop (as David LeReaney)
Michael David Simms	...	Captain Saft
Stephen Hair	...	Sam Roberson

Also Known As:

Hard Rain (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Company:

Andrea Baynes Productions

A typical American movie with an interesting plot

This TV-movie from 2000 was sent on the Danish TV-channel TV2 and the only reason I started to watching was because of the interesting plot. It was about a San Diego police officer (James Brolin) who, together with his 15-year old daughter (Amanda Fuller), investigates a murder in a small town called Fortune, Arizona. The town is populated by religious fanatics who accept polygamy, so every man in that town has between two and three wives. The officer asks everybody in the town about information and it seems like everybody knows something about the murder....

The ending of the movie (where the murder is revealed) was unexpected and that was good, but at some places I think the movie became a bit too sentimental (like most American movies).