The Versace Murder

{{Short description|1998 film by Menahem Golan}} {{more citations needed|date=April 2016}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = The Versace Murder | image = The Versace Murder.jpg | alt = | caption = DVD cover | director = Menahem Golan | producer = {{ubl|Stuart Goldstein|Sam Lupowitz|Charles Rosenberg|Robert L. Street}} | writer = {{ubl|Menahem Golan|Bill Mesce Jr. (uncredited)}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Franco Nero|Steven Bauer}} | music = Claudio Simonetti | cinematography = William G. Randall | editing = Michael Yanovich | studio = {{ubl|Splash Films|Pan Am Pictures}} | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1998}} | runtime = 102 minutes | country = United States | language = | budget = $4,000,000 | gross = }} '''''The Versace Murder''''' is a 1998 film written and directed by Menahem Golan and starring Franco Nero and Steven Bauer.

==Premise== Spree killer Andrew Cunanan (Shane Perdue) leaves a trail of murder victims as he travels from San Francisco to Miami, finally killing world-famous fashion designer Gianni Versace (Franco Nero). The film recounts Cunanan's life before and after the murder, including details on his four other victims and his efforts to evade a nationwide manhunt that would end in his suicide.

==Principal cast== * Franco Nero as Gianni Versace * Steven Bauer as FBI Agent John Jacoby * Shane Perdue as Andrew Cunanan * Matt Servitto as David Madson * David Wolfson as Jeffrey Trail * Oscar Torre as Antonio D'Amico * Mario Ortiz as Fernando Carreira * David Anthony Pizzuto as Chief William Roberts * Dania Deville as Donatella Versace * Renny Roker as Barnie Rogers

==Home media== The film was released on DVD in Region 1 in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000DE6B3 |title=The Versace Murder: Franco Nero, Steven Bauer: Movies & TV |website=Amazon |date= March 2005|access-date=2010-10-12}}</ref>

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== External links == *{{IMDb title|0138910}} {{Menahem Golan}}

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