Lonely hearts

The Resource Lonely hearts
Label
Lonely hearts
Statement of responsibility
Millennium Films ; Emmett/Furla Films ; Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III ; Holly Wiersma Productions ; Lonely Hearts Productions ; Nu Image Entertainment GmbH ; produced by Boaz Davidson, Holly Wiersma ; written by Todd Robinson ; directed by Todd Robinson
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Based on a true story. In the late 1940's, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez became known as the notorious "Lonely Hearts Killers". They would swindle and then viciously murder war widows who would answer their personal ads. Ray would describe himself as a sexy Latin Lover. Martha was Ray's initial mark. But when they met, it was love at first sight. With Martha posing as Ray's sister, they bilked elderly spinsters and widows of their savings and then viciously murdered them in a bloodbath of sexual frenzy. When they were arrested, Martha and Ray confessed to 12 killings, although it is believed the actual number is closer to 20. At their sensational trial, Martha and Ray appeared as though they could not get enough of each other. Their plea of not guilty by reason of insanity was rejected, and on August 22, 1949, the homicidal lovers were sentenced to death. After numerous appeals, they were electrocuted on March 8, 1951, side-by-side in Sing Sing prison
Cataloging source
CANA
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Peter Levy ; editor, Kathryn Himoff ; music, Mychael Danna ; costume designer, Jacqueline West ; production designer, Jon Gary Steele
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for strong violence and sexual content, nudity and language
Language note
English or dubbed French dialogue, English or French subtitles; closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1995.9.S87
LC item number
L66459 2007
PerformerNote
John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Jared Leto, Salma Hayek, Scott Caan, Laura Dern, Michael Gaston
Runtime
107
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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