{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = A Climate for Killing | image = A Climate for Killing.jpg | caption = Official Poster | director = [[J. S. Cardone]] | producer = Carol Kottenbrook | writer = J.S. Cardone | starring = [[John Beck (actor)|John Beck]]<br /> [[Katharine Ross]]<br /> [[Steven Bauer]] | music = [[Robert Folk]] | cinematography = Michael Cardone | studio = Black Crow Productions<br /> [[Propaganda Films]] | distributor = [[Fox Video]] | released = {{Film date|1991|07|18|df=yes}} | runtime = 103 minutes | language = English | country = United States }} '''''A Climate for Killing''''' (also known as '''''A Row of Crows''''') is a 1991 American [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]]-[[drama film]] written and directed by [[J. S. Cardone]] and starring [[John Beck (actor)|John Beck]], [[Katharine Ross]], [[Steven Bauer]] and [[Mia Sara]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Leonard Maltin|author-link=Leonard Maltin|title=[[Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide]]|publisher=Penguin Group, 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Mick Martin, Marsha Porter|title=Video Movie Guide|date=1996 |url=https://archive.org/details/videomovieguide100mars|url-access=registration|publisher=Ballantine Books, 1996|isbn=978-0-345-40643-9 }}</ref>
== Plot == Before a rodeo in [[Yuma, Arizona]], a woman's body is found, presumed murdered by her wealthy husband sixteen years earlier, but the body's much fresher than that.
== Cast == * [[John Beck (actor)|John Beck]] as Kyle Shipp * [[Katharine Ross]] as Grace Hines * [[Steven Bauer]] as Paul McGraw * [[Mia Sara]] as Elise Shipp * Phil Brock as "Click" Dunn * [[Lu Leonard]] as Winnie * [[Tony Frank (actor)|Tony Frank]] as Sheriff Elmer Waters * [[John Diehl]] as Wayne Paris * Newell Alexander as Roy Paris * [[Sherrie Rose]] as Rita Paris * [[Dedee Pfeiffer]] as Donna * [[Eloy Casados]] as Ruiz Sanchez * [[Jack Dodson]] as Sam Moorehouse * [[Cheryl Waters (actress)|Cheryl Waters]] as Birdy
==References== {{Reflist}}
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{{J. S. Cardone}}
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