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Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder

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Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder
Based onNutcracker: Money, Madness, Murder: A Family Album by Shana Alexander
Written byWilliam Hanley
Directed byPaul Bogart
StarringLee Remick
Theme music composerBilly Goldenberg
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes3
Production
ProducersWilliam Beaudine Jr.
William Hanley
Chuck McLain
Tracy Wolff-Hughes
CinematographyIsidore Mankofsky
EditorsRichard Bracken
Jack Fegan
Running time300 minutes
Production companiesGreen Arrow Productions
Warner Bros. Television
Original release
ReleaseMarch 22 (1987-03-22) –
March 24, 1987 (1987-03-24)

Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder is a 1987 miniseries directed by Paul Bogart based on the book Nutcracker: Money, Madness, Murder: A Family Album by Shana Alexander that tells the story of Frances Schreuder.

Synopsis

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New York City resident and wannabe socialite Frances Berenice Schreuder (née Bradshaw) plots the murder of her multi-millionaire father Franklin Bradshaw. She has stolen money from him in the past and has also alienated her sisters; however, her mother is blind to her narcissism and staunchly defends her. Schreuder wants her daughter to become a famous ballerina. Totally without scruples, she tries to manipulate the men in her life, including her two sons, into doing her bidding.

Cast

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Reception

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Critics from The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times both noted that this was the second of two miniseries adaptations of the Frances Schreuder story, the earlier adaptation being At Mother's Request.[1][2]

Accolades

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Lee Remick was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and John Glover was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie at the 39th Primetime Emmy Awards.

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