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The Joy That Kills is a american film of genre Drama directed by Tina Rathborne with Frances Conroy
The Joy That Kills (1985)
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Add to a movie listThe Joy that Kills is a 1984 television film adaptation of Kate Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour." It was directed by Tina Rathborne and co-written by Rathbone and Nancy Dyer. It was released in 1984 as a part of the PBS series American Playhouse.
Actors
Frances Conroy
(Louise Mallard)
Rosalind Cash
(Maggie)
Elizabeth Franz
(Aunt Josephine)
Jeffrey DeMunn
(Brently Mallard)
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