Lonely hearts, Millennium Films ; Emmett/Furla Films ; Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III ; Holly Wiersma Productions ; Lonely Hearts Productions ; Nu Image Entertainment GmbH ; produced by Boaz Davidson, Holly Wiersma ; written by Todd Robinson ; directed by Todd Robinson
Type
Label
Lonely hearts, Millennium Films ; Emmett/Furla Films ; Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III ; Holly Wiersma Productions ; Lonely Hearts Productions ; Nu Image Entertainment GmbH ; produced by Boaz Davidson, Holly Wiersma ; written by Todd Robinson ; directed by Todd Robinson
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for strong violence and sexual content, nudity and language
Main title
Lonely hearts
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
123981502
Responsibility statement
Millennium Films ; Emmett/Furla Films ; Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III ; Holly Wiersma Productions ; Lonely Hearts Productions ; Nu Image Entertainment GmbH ; produced by Boaz Davidson, Holly Wiersma ; written by Todd Robinson ; directed by Todd Robinson
Runtime
107
Summary
Based on a true story. In the late 1940's, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez became known as the notorious "Lonely Hearts Killers". They would swindle and then viciously murder war widows who would answer their personal ads. Ray would describe himself as a sexy Latin Lover. Martha was Ray's initial mark. But when they met, it was love at first sight. With Martha posing as Ray's sister, they bilked elderly spinsters and widows of their savings and then viciously murdered them in a bloodbath of sexual frenzy. When they were arrested, Martha and Ray confessed to 12 killings, although it is believed the actual number is closer to 20. At their sensational trial, Martha and Ray appeared as though they could not get enough of each other. Their plea of not guilty by reason of insanity was rejected, and on August 22, 1949, the homicidal lovers were sentenced to death. After numerous appeals, they were electrocuted on March 8, 1951, side-by-side in Sing Sing prison
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Dern, Laura
- Gandolfini, James
- Gaston, Michael
- Wiersma, Holly
- Leto, Jared, 1971-
- Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Emmett/Furla Films (Firm)
- Millennium Films
- Travolta, John, 1954-
- Davidson, Boaz, 1943-
- Holly Wiersma Productions (Firm)
- Lonely Hearts Productions (Firm)
- Caan, Scott, 1976-
- Robinson, Todd
- Hayek, Salma, 1966-
- Nu Image Entertainment (Firm)
Genre
Subject
- Trials (Murder) -- United States -- Drama
- Criminal behavior -- United States -- Drama
- Suspense films
- Police -- Feature
- Murder + Investigation -- United States -- Drama
- Beck, Martha Jule Seabrook, -1951 -- Drama
- Crime -- Feature
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- DVDs
- Feature films
- Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
- Fernandez, Raymond Martinez, 1914-1951 -- Drama
- Thriller -- Feature
- Pleas (Criminal procedure) -- United States -- Drama
- Serial murderers -- United States -- Drama
- Capital punishment -- United States -- Drama
Content
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor17
- Dern, Laura
- Gandolfini, James
- Gaston, Michael
- Wiersma, Holly
- Leto, Jared, 1971-
- Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Emmett/Furla Films (Firm)
- Millennium Films
- Travolta, John, 1954-
- Davidson, Boaz, 1943-
- Holly Wiersma Productions (Firm)
- Lonely Hearts Productions (Firm)
- Caan, Scott, 1976-
- Robinson, Todd
- Hayek, Salma, 1966-
- Nu Image Entertainment (Firm)
- Genre8
- Subject16
- Trials (Murder) -- United States -- Drama
- Criminal behavior -- United States -- Drama
- Suspense films
- Police -- Feature
- Murder + Investigation -- United States -- Drama
- Beck, Martha Jule Seabrook, -1951 -- Drama
- Crime -- Feature
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- DVDs
- Feature films
- Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
- Fernandez, Raymond Martinez, 1914-1951 -- Drama
- Thriller -- Feature
- Pleas (Criminal procedure) -- United States -- Drama
- Serial murderers -- United States -- Drama
- Capital punishment -- United States -- Drama
- Content1
- Mapped to1