At Mother's Request

At Mother's Request
At Mother's Request
Genre	Drama
Written by	(teleplay); Jonathan Coleman (novel)
Directed by	Michael Tuchner
Starring	E.G. Marshall; Stefanie Powers; Doug McKeon
Theme music composer	Charles Gross
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Bob Markell (co-producer); (producer)
Cinematography
Editor	Gary Griffin
Running time	240 minutes
Production companies	Incorporated Television Company;
Distributor	CBS
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Mono
Original release	January 4–6, 1987

At Mother's Request is a 1987 two-part television miniseries based on a true story (the Franklin Bradshaw murder). The movie stars E.G. Marshall and Stefanie Powers.

Plot summary[]

Frances Schreuder is a mother who is mean to her sons and sometimes her only daughter, especially when she imagines that they're not living up to her expectations as what she expects them to be as her children. Greedy and selfish, she decides she wants her inheritance from her rich father, multimillionaire auto parts and oil industrialist Franklin Bradshaw.

Frances has done nefarious things to get what she wants. For example, she has forged some of her father's checks to get things she wants and had her sons steal money from him when they were visiting him the summer before his death. She eventually decides she wants her money right away, especially when she finds he drew up a new, although unofficial, will that specifically left her and her children out of it. Frances manipulates her son Marc into murdering her father under the fear of ejecting him from her home if he didn't commit the murder.

Cast[]

E.G. Marshall as Franklin Bradshaw
Stefanie Powers as Frances Schreuder
Doug McKeon as Marc Schreuder
Jenna von Oÿ as Ashley Schreuder
Corey Parker as Larry Schreuder
Frances Lee McCain as Lois Turner
Terry O'Quinn as Jeol Campbell
Ray Baker as Michael George
Frances Sternhagen as Berenice Bradshaw
Martin Donovan as Detective Rogen
as Detective Voyles
Roberts Blossom as Doug Steele
Chris Noth as Steve Klein
Dan Lauria as Myles Manning
as Stanley Turner
Nancy Borgenicht as Nancy Jones
Jasmine Guy as Bank Teller

Production[]

Parts of the miniseries were shot in Salt Lake City, Utah.^[1]

References[]

^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.

External links[]

At Mother's Request at IMDb

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[1] D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.

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