Death in Small Doses

1995

Crime / Drama / Thriller

1
IMDb Rating 5.7/10 10 466 466

based on true story woman director

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Plot summary

One night Nancy Lyon awakes in pain and dies shortly after - poisoned with arsenic. Her family immediately suspects her husband Richard, who left her temporarily the year before because of an affair. Especially Nancy's brother is keen on getting the children away from the suspected murderer. All evidence points against Richard, but in court Richard surprisingly presents proof that his wife had depressions and maybe killed herself - or are these proofs just fake? -- Depicts an authentic case.

Director

Sondra Locke Photo
Sondra Locke

Top cast

Richard Thomas Photo
Richard Thomas as Richard Lyon
Tess Harper Photo
Tess Harper as Asst. D.A. Jerri Sims
Gary Frank Photo
Gary Frank as Bill Dillard Jr.
Mark Jeffrey Miller Photo
Mark Jeffrey Miller as Stoner
480p.DVD
818.54 MB
640*480
English 2.0
NR
29.97 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 21

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by nicholas.rhodes 5 / 10

Disappointing - a total non-event !

I was expecting much better than this ! This one just plods along with minimal interest for the spectator and the end is a total wash-out. There's not enough spice in this plot to make even a mild curry, it's supposed to be based on a true story, I have no idea as to whether this is true, but whatever the case, there is nothing in the plot to grip the spectator's attention. The guilty party could have been one of several people, nothing enables one to opt for one or other possibility. The final decision is an arbitrary and emotionless one ! When you get to the end of this film, your only comment is " so THAT'S how it ends ! So what ?
Reviewed by OneAnjel 7 / 10

Great reenactment, hits main points

Why leave a review on such an old film with a small spattering of reviews - like, who cares? Well, I, too, am old and I know at this time in history people were obsessed with court dramas. It's what made me go into the field of law as a young woman. And with the majority of reviews here being highly negative, I feel like adding a different opinion. On YouTube where I watched this (for the second time) there's dozens of accolades but mainly for Richard. But people here are reviewing it for it's entertainment value. The thing is, this is not intended to be entertaining but rather to feed the hunger of a public who devoured court drama like an addiction. From that standpoint, the director did a great job of hitting all the main points of the actual case as well as how the defense tried to use an inconsequential fact - the brother's abuse - to try and create reasonable doubt. It's very superficial here, for the most part, but the intent is just to point out the main details, which it does successfully. The audience shouldn't expect to have all the facts in order to decide if the jury got it right since the film leaves out most of the actual trial and only expounds on the two main arguments. If you read the entire trial you'll understand they got the right person.
Reviewed by phd_travel 7 / 10

Not as simple as it seems

A woman in Texas dies after beingpoisoned. At first everything points to husband who had another woman. Flashbacks reveal things aren't that simple. There is an incestuous relationship and more complicating things. Richard Thomas plays hubby. Sandra Locke directs this complicated story quite well and makes sense of the details.Worth watching
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