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1. www.imdb.com › title › tt0089642Murder: By Reason of Insanity (TV Movie 1985) - IMDb

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   Oct 1, 1985 · Murder: By Reason of Insanity: Directed by Anthony Page. With Candice Bergen, Jürgen Prochnow, Hector Elizondo, Eli Wallach. A married couple from Poland emigrates to the U.S.,. but things don't turn out as well as they had imaged.

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   • Genre: Crime, Drama

   • Director: Anthony Page
   • Release Date: 1985-10-01

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   In 1979 Berwid, a patient who threatened his wife with murder, was released from Pilgrim State hospital, in Suffolk County NY. (You may "google" it for more information, a huge complex now vacant, which was built in the late 1800's to house the mentally ill).

3. www.nytimes.com › 1985/10/01 › arts'MURDER: BY REASON OF INSANITY,' CBS DOCUDRAMA

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   Oct 1, 1985 · With Candice Bergen and Jurgen Prochnow contributing superb performances as the Berwids, ''Murder: By Reason of Insanity'' is indeed a riveting case history.

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   Murder: By Reason of Insanity. TV-PG 1985 1h 40m Drama. Reviews. A violent man (Jürgen Prochnow) fakes improvement for a psychiatrist (Eli Wallach) as a way to earn a pass to visit his...

   • Director: Anthony Page
   • Category: Drama

   • Actors: Candice Bergen

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   Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. No All Critics reviews for Murder: By Reason of Insanity. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for...

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   1985 Directed by Anthony Page. The man she loves most is the man she fears most. A married couple from Poland emigrates to the U.S.,. but things don’t turn out as well as they had imaged. The husband’s business fails, while his wife’s career really takes off.

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   Is Murder by reason of insanity based on a true story?

   • As true-story treatments go on television, the script for ''Murder: By Reason of Insanity,'' written by Scott Swanton and Marjorie David, stays fairly close to the known facts. The film is based on a Newsday article, entitled ''Always a Victim,'' by Marilyn Goldstein. The case was also covered in a 1980 segment of CBS's ''60 Minutes'' series.

   'MURDER: BY REASON OF INSANITY,' CBS DOCUDRAMA

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   What is legal insanity at the time of the murder?

   • IN ALL JURISDICTIONS, LEGAL INSANITY AT THE TIME OF THE MURDER IS A COMPLETE DEFENSE TO A CHARGE OF PREMEDITATED MURDER. DIMINISHED MENTAL CAPACITY AND VOLUNTARY INTOXICATION MAY BE GROUNDS FOR A CHARGE OF SECOND- RATHER THAN FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

   PREMEDITATED MURDER | Office of Justice Programs

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   What is an example of a'murder by reason of insanity'?

   • The latest example, on CBS this evening at 9 o'clock, is ''Murder: By Reason of Insanity.'' For nearly two hours, a deranged man threatens and stalks his former wife until, as the title reveals, he gets to stab her to death in a brutish scene of violence.

   'MURDER: BY REASON OF INSANITY,' CBS DOCUDRAMA

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   Did Adam Berwid reject an insanity defense?

   • The fact is that Adam Berwid rejected an insanity defense. And a New York group called Alliance for the Mentally Ill says it is ''deeply concerned'' about the broadcast because, it charges, the promotional ads give the misleading impression that the mentally ill are are always dangerous.

   'MURDER: BY REASON OF INSANITY,' CBS DOCUDRAMA

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