At Mother's Request

At Mother's Request

1987 · 1 season · 1 eps · ★ 10.0 · Crime, Drama

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A mother forces her son to kill her father, based upon a true event in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1978.

Created by Richard DeLong Adams

Network: CBS

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The true story of Steve Banjerlee who started a sleazy male strip club for women. Several years later he meets Nick De Noia, a choreographer whom he goes into partnership with to turn his nightclub into a successful high-class business that eventually leads to betrayal and murder.
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