Murder in Peyton Place

Murder in Peyton Place is a 1977 television film directed by Bruce Kessler. The film is based on the TV series Peyton Place, which aired from 1964 to 1969, and it was billed as a reunion movie.363 It first aired on NBC Monday Night at the Movies on October 3, 1977. It focuses on the mysterious deaths of Rodney Harrington and Allison MacKenzie, as well as a diabolical plot of a powerful person to ruin the community.

Another resident dissatisfied with Bettys arrival is Constance MacKenzie Dorothy Malone, who fears that Betty will interfere with Rodneys relationship with her daughter Allison MacKenzie. Betty sneaks out of the Haley house at night to meet with Rodney somewhere near Peyton Place, but witnesses the Winnebago crashing and exploding in which Rodney and Allison are driving. The town is in deep sorrow when it is revealed that Rodney and Allison have died. Rodneys brother Norman Harrington Christopher Connelly, now married to Jill Joyce Jillson, refuses to accept that Rodney and Allison have died because of drunk driving, which the police have concluded after finding alcohol in the RV.Along with Betty and lawyer Steven Cord David Hedison, Norman starts an investigation to find out what really happened on the night when Rodney and Allison died. He is unaware that Jills family is somehow involved with the origins of the car accident, and her father Bo Buehler Royal Dano even witnessed the car crash. The research endangers both Steven and Bettys marriage Stevens wife Carla Linda Gray suspects that he is somehow involved with Betty after he was out all night, and Bettys husband David does not understand why she is staying in Peyton Place. Bettys marriage is saved Steven and Carlas fate together remains uncertain. Norman, Betty and Steven eventually conclude that the powerful company New Star Corporation is trying to take over Peyton Place by sabotaging the towns water supply. ........

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