Death in the Desert (2015)
October 9, 2015Release Date
Death in the Desert (2015)
October 9, 2015Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Michael Madsen
Ray Easler / Executive Producer
Shayla Beesley
Kim Davis
John Palladino
Matt Duvall
Paz de la Huerta
Margo
Roxy Saint
Cory / Executive Producer
Timothy Skyler Dunigan
Rocky
Mark Justice
Rudy
Julian Brand
Nicky Ramone
Eduard Osipov
Pete
Joe Palubinsky
Garza
Gary Sax
Wesley
Richard Hotson
Mac Curry
Brian H. Scott
David Mattsen
Helle Jensen
Director of Photography
Meridith Sommers
Editor
John Steppling
Screenplay
Cathy Scott
Book
Josh Evans
Director / Producer
David Hillary
Executive Producer
Helle Jensen
Cinematographer
James Meiskin
Executive Producer
Ross Pirasteh
Executive Producer
Victoria White
Producer
Celine Diano
Production Design
Lauren Hrehovcik
Set Decoration
Olwen Zarlengo
Costume Design
Haley Fite
Key Makeup Artist
Jeffrey Serra
Key Hair Stylist
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 9, 2015
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
Genres
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Wiki.
Death in the Desert Is a 2015 American love-drama film directed and produced by Josh Evans, and starring Michael Madsen, Shayla Beesley, John Palladino, Paz de la Huerta and Roxy Saint. Principal filming completed in February 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is the second film collaboration between Madsen and Evans, who produced The Price of Air in which Madsen starred.
Released in March 2016 by Osiris Entertainment, the film is based on the book Death in the Desert by true-crime author Cathy Scott about Ted Binion, a wealthy gambling executive and one of the sons of famed Las Vegas casino magnate Lester Ben "Benny" Binion, owner of Binion's Horseshoe. The book adaptation was written by screenwriter John Melmoth.
The storyline covers the real-life 1998 death of the younger Binion, a drug addict who had lost his Nevada gaming license, and his live-in girlfriend Sandra Murphy, charged with murdering Binion along with her lover Rick Tabish, who was caught digging up Binion's buried silver.