Stark Raving Mad (1983 film)
Encyclopedia
Stark Raving Mad is a 1983
film that depicts a fictionalised account of the Charles Starkweather
/Caril Ann Fugate
killings of the 1950s. The film starred Russ Fast as Richard Stark (Starkweather) and Marcie Severson as Laura Ferguson (Fugate). It was directed by George F. Hood and released in January 1983.
Richard Stark on death row
and awaiting execution. While he waits in the death cell he begins to relate the story of the circumstances that led to his present situation.
as Execution and in Australia
as Murder Run.
1983 in film
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film that depicts a fictionalised account of the Charles Starkweather
Charles Starkweather
Charles Raymond Starkweather was an American teenaged spree killer who murdered eleven people in Nebraska and Wyoming during a two-month road trip with his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate. The couple was captured on January 29, 1958...
/Caril Ann Fugate
Caril Ann Fugate
Caril Ann Fugate was the adolescent girlfriend and accomplice of spree killer Charles Starkweather. She is the youngest female in United States history to have been tried for first-degree murder....
killings of the 1950s. The film starred Russ Fast as Richard Stark (Starkweather) and Marcie Severson as Laura Ferguson (Fugate). It was directed by George F. Hood and released in January 1983.
Plot summary
The film opens with convicted serial killerSerial killer
A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
Richard Stark on death row
Death row
Death row signifies the place, often a section of a prison, that houses individuals awaiting execution. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution , even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists.After individuals are found...
and awaiting execution. While he waits in the death cell he begins to relate the story of the circumstances that led to his present situation.
Release
The film was released in CanadaCanada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
as Execution and in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
as Murder Run.