# A Climate for Killing

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1991 American film

A Climate for Killing Official Poster Directed by J. S. Cardone Written by J.S. Cardone Produced by Carol Kottenbrook Starring John Beck Katharine Ross Steven Bauer Cinematography Michael Cardone Music by Robert Folk Production companies Black Crow Productions Propaganda Films Distributed by Fox Video Release date 18 July 1991 (1991-07-18) Running time 103 minutes Country United States Language English

***A Climate for Killing*** (also known as ***A Row of Crows***) is a 1991 American [thriller](/source/Thriller_(genre))-[drama film](/source/Drama_film) written and directed by [J. S. Cardone](/source/J._S._Cardone) and starring [John Beck](/source/John_Beck_(actor)), [Katharine Ross](/source/Katharine_Ross), [Steven Bauer](/source/Steven_Bauer) and [Mia Sara](/source/Mia_Sara).[1][2]

## Plot

Before a rodeo in [Yuma, Arizona](/source/Yuma%2C_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](/source/John_Beck_(actor)) as Kyle Shipp

- [Katharine Ross](/source/Katharine_Ross) as Grace Hines

- [Steven Bauer](/source/Steven_Bauer) as Paul McGraw

- [Mia Sara](/source/Mia_Sara) as Elise Shipp

- Phil Brock as "Click" Dunn

- [Lu Leonard](/source/Lu_Leonard) as Winnie

- [Tony Frank](/source/Tony_Frank_(actor)) as Sheriff Elmer Waters

- [John Diehl](/source/John_Diehl) as Wayne Paris

- Newell Alexander as Roy Paris

- [Sherrie Rose](/source/Sherrie_Rose) as Rita Paris

- [Dedee Pfeiffer](/source/Dedee_Pfeiffer) as Donna

- [Eloy Casados](/source/Eloy_Casados) as Ruiz Sanchez

- [Jack Dodson](/source/Jack_Dodson) as Sam Moorehouse

- [Cheryl Waters](/source/Cheryl_Waters_(actress)) as Birdy

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Leonard Maltin](/source/Leonard_Maltin). *[Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide](/source/Leonard_Maltin's_Movie_and_Video_Guide)*. Penguin Group, 1997.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Mick Martin, Marsha Porter (1996). [*Video Movie Guide*](https://archive.org/details/videomovieguide100mars). Ballantine Books, 1996. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-345-40643-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-345-40643-9).

## External links

- [*A Climate for Killing*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101593/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

v t e Films directed by J. S. Cardone The Slayer (1982) Thunder Alley (1985) Shadowzone (1990) A Climate for Killing (1991) Black Day Blue Night (1995) Outside Ozona (1998) The Forsaken (2001) True Blue (2001) 8mm 2 (2005) Wicked Little Things (2006)

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