Life in the Catholic Church of the Holy Redeemer in Detroit is upset by a series of killings whose victims are all priests and nuns. All victims are found with a black rosary in their hands. Father Koesler begins collaborating with the police but soon finds himself in a spot when the killer decides to choose him as confessor. (IMDB) *Elmore Leonard's only adapted work from another author. The film is based on the book by William X. Kienzle.
The Rosary Murders
The Run Down.
Release Year: 1986
Director: Fred Walton
Written by: Elmore Leonard, William X. Kienzle, Fred Walton
Production: New Line Cinema
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Jack White
Runtime: 105 Minutes
There is also a little inadvertent humor in the scene that has Father Koesler interrogating a nun who has taken a vow of silence, as she passes notes to him in the confessional. His questions are about the fate of a teen-age girl, and even the silent nun—who must repeat one of her answers by underlining it a few times—seems stunned at the remarkable slow-wittedness of her interrogator.
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