DOWNPAYMENT ON MURDER (NBC-TVM 12/6/87)

A respected white-collar man Harry Cardell (Ben Gazzara) brutally abuses his wife, Karen (Connie Sellecca), for the better part of a decade, until she decides she can take it no more and leaves him. Later, when she receives custody of the children and has the aid of a police guard, she finally begins to feel safe. Until Harry enlists the aid of a deadly gangster to kill her. Also stars: David Morse, John Karlen, G.W. Bailey, Sheila Larken. (chapter marks, Region 0, 100 min)