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Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder

  • TV Movie
  • 1997
  • TV-14
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
859
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Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder (1997)
Drama

Diane and David love each other, but when they go to separate army academies, David has an affair. Diane snaps and ultimately something very sinister happens that the couple get involved in.Diane and David love each other, but when they go to separate army academies, David has an affair. Diane snaps and ultimately something very sinister happens that the couple get involved in.Diane and David love each other, but when they go to separate army academies, David has an affair. Diane snaps and ultimately something very sinister happens that the couple get involved in.

  • Director
    • Richard A. Colla
  • Writers
    • Skip Hollandsworth
    • Steve Johnson
  • Stars
    • Holly Marie Combs
    • David Lipper
    • Cassidy Rae
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    859
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Richard A. Colla
    • Writers
      • Skip Hollandsworth
      • Steve Johnson
    • Stars
      • Holly Marie Combs
      • David Lipper
      • Cassidy Rae
    • 14User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Holly Marie Combs
    Holly Marie Combs
    • Diane Zamora
    David Lipper
    David Lipper
    • David Graham
    Cassidy Rae
    Cassidy Rae
    • Adrianne Jones
    Dee Wallace
    Dee Wallace
    • Linda Jones
    • (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
    Gary Grubbs
    Gary Grubbs
    • Detective Carl Baker
    Kurt Fuller
    Kurt Fuller
    • Detective Tom Green
    JoAnna Garcia Swisher
    JoAnna Garcia Swisher
    • Susie
    • (as Joanna Garcia)
    Joanna Canton
    Joanna Canton
    • Val
    Chad Carlberg
    • Bryan McMillan
    Jack Landry
    Jack Landry
    • Larry Sweet
    Karyn Beach
    • Donna
    R. Keith Harris
    R. Keith Harris
    • Ben
    • (as Keith Harris)
    Derin Altay
    • Gloria Zamora
    Andrew Masset
    Andrew Masset
    • Carlos Zamora
    Wilmer Calderon
    Wilmer Calderon
    • Perry
    Randell Haynes
    • Jimmy McMillen
    Jeremy Moore
    • Tracy
    Robert Pentz
    • Bill Jones
    • Director
      • Richard A. Colla
    • Writers
      • Skip Hollandsworth
      • Steve Johnson
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    10caylaj_88

    very good

    I loved this movie. This is probably one of the only things I've seen Holly Marie Combs play a bad girl. She did it wonderfully. The one thing that I don't like about it is that David would actually do something like he does just because Dianne told him too! It is believable though because some people will do anything for love. I recommend this movie to people who like movies with drama and love.
    QuaNtuM-4

    Very very good

    When the movie started, I said, "Oh boy! Here we go again. One of those drama movies with the same old story!".

    However, it turned out to be a very good movie. I liked it, and it is quite an original story :

    David and Diane are a young couple in love, wanting to spend the rest of their lives together. David, though, makes love with Adrianne and when he confesses everything to Diane, she tells him that she wants Adrianne dead. So, the two of them kill her.

    It's a story of love and drama, surely, worth watching it.

    My vote : 90/100.
    3bullions27

    Horrid dramatisation

    Tragic yes if you look at what happened, but like many documentations made for TV, this one fails miserably. The plot is based loosely on the actual case by what was shown, using the most catchy of scenes and then over-glorifying them. The acting, atrocious. Pin the blame on the bumbling cops who are trying to solve this murder. Are they really cops? The guilty couple who committed the crime was okay, but suffers the same glorifying effect. It doesn't make them tragic, it makes them inane. Bottom line, not a very good drama. 4 / 10
    9kristie48

    Scandalous

    I caught this movie on the lifetime channel back in July and was kind of freaked out by it. I watched it because i like the work that Holly Marie Combs does. Well, I watched it and at first i was like umm this is going to be weird. Mainly because intercourse for 30 minutes is not all that appealing to me. But then it picked up and i got really interested. Then all of a sudden it became very chilling to watch and it was like i can't believed this really happened. It got really freaky and i was like in total shock for a couple of days, but then i got to thinking about what a really good movie it was. I would totally recommend this movie to all my friends for a creepy night out. 9 out of 10!!
    10donwc1996

    David Lipper Shines in Role

    I watch this film every time it's on TV - the male lead David Lipper is a true star with eyes that are riveting - Paul Newman eyes - and what a bod! In the scene without a shirt he displays a set of pecs that will knock you off your feet! Yikes! What a hunk! He is so handsome that I found it difficult to concentrate on the story or the other characters but the Mother of the victim really stands out as well as the two detectives both of whom are first rate. The girl who plays the victim is a real beauty too and a familiar face that I have seen many times although I do not know her name. I think she was on one of the soaps or a series. One of those coming of age series that I never watch but only see tidbits of when I'm channel surfing. I saw the last half of the film again last night - late - and first thing this morning I looked up David Lipper and found he has a Web site but he doesn't have even one shot without a shirt - bummer!!!! Come on Dave, show what you got because dude you got it in spades!

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    • Trivia
      After David Graham was tried and sent to prison, he stated that he and Adrianne Jones did not have a physical relationship after all making the motive for her murder a mystery.
    • Goofs
      After the cross country meet, Adrianne and David board the school bus for the ride home. She is in the clothes she ran in, covered by sweats. Later, as the two make out in his car, he unhooks her bra. By 1995, when the events take place, nearly all female runners would have worn a sports bra which has no hooks.
    • Soundtracks
      The Star-Spangled Banner
      (uncredited)

      Lyrics by Francis Scott Key

      Music by John Stafford Smith

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    • Release date
      • February 10, 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Swearing Allegiance
    • Filming locations
      • Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
    • Production company
      • Steve White Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 33m(93 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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