Murder in the Heartland

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| genre = Drama
Thriller

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| writer = Michael O'Hara

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| director = Robert Markowitz

| starring = Tim Roth
Fairuza Balk
Brian Dennehy
Randy Quaid
Renée Zellweger
Kate Reid
Milo O'Shea
Rondi Reed

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| theme_music_composer = Patrick Williams

| country = United States

| language = English

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| executive_producer = Lawrence Horowitz
Michael O'Hara

| producer = S. Bryan Hickox

| editor = David Beatty
Scott Vickrey

| location = McKinney, Texas
Van Alstyne, Texas

| cinematography = Ronald Victor Garcia

| runtime = 157 minutes

| company = O'Hara-Horowitz Productions

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| network = ABC

| released = {{Start date|1993|5|3}}

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Murder in the Heartland is a television miniseries that aired on ABC in 1993. It was based on the 1957–58 murder spree carried out by 19-year-old Charles Starkweather throughout Nebraska and Wyoming. Starkweather is played by Tim Roth. The first half of the miniseries covers the murders. The second half covers the trials of Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate, his 14-year-old girlfriend accomplice. Their increasingly disparate versions of events are contrasted as the trials unfold.

The film received strong praise from critics and Emmy nominations.