The Rosary Murders
| The Rosary Murders | |
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| Directed by | Fred Walton |
| Screenplay by | Elmore Leonard Fred Walton |
| Based on | The Rosary Murders by William X. Kienzle |
| Produced by | Robert G. Laurel |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | David Golia |
| Edited by | Sam Vitale |
| Music by | Bobby Laurel Don Sebesky |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.7 million |
The Rosary Murders is a 1987 American mystery crime film directed by Fred Walton, and starring Donald Sutherland, Charles Durning, Belinda Bauer, and Josef Sommer. The plot follows a series of gruesome murders occurring within a Detroit Roman Catholic parish. It is based upon the 1979 novel of the same name by William X. Kienzle. Kienzle received screenplay credit, as did Elmore Leonard.