Saw part of on cable recently. Young girl in high society US community
is murdered and police close the case. An author arrives to try to
find the killer. Community closes ranks.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 09 May 2005 13:59 PDT

Does this sound like your movie?

"The first in a series of 'true crime' cable-TV films based on the
writings of Dominick Dunne, Murder in Greenwich retraces the brutal
bludgeoning murder of Martha Moxley, a Greenwich, Connecticut high
school girl, in 1975. Although the prime suspect is Martha's teenaged
neighbor Michael Skakel (Jon Foster), the boy is able to evade arrest
for a variety of reasons, not least of which is the fact that he is
related to the politically 'untouchable' Kennedy family. Over two
decades later, the case is re-opened at the urging of former police
detective Mark Fuhrman (Christopher Meloni), whose recent association
with the O.J. Simpson trial has branded him a racist pariah. Despite
his tarnished reputation, Fuhrman is able to enlist the aid of another
detective, Steve Carroll (Robert Forster), the original investigator
of the Moxley murder. Although Fuhrman and Carroll are clearly never
going to be the best of friends, their combined efforts ultimately
bring the elusive (and now adult) Michael Skakel to justice."

http://entertainment.msn.com/movies/movie.aspx?m=534144

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Request for Question Clarification by markj-ga on 09 May 2005 16:05 PDT

xclaire --

If the movie that pinkfred-ga has found is not the one you are looking
for, could you provide any more details about the plot?  Just for
example. was the author a man or a woman?  How was the victim killed?

markj-ga

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Clarification of Question by xclaire-ga on 10 May 2005 05:08 PDT

Hello answerers. pinkfreud, you've answered my question. That is the
film. Many thanks, this is a really good service.

I'm glad to have been able to help you identify your movie as "Murder
in Greenwich." I was fairly certain that this was the correct movie,
but I wanted to verify it with you before posting my official answer.

Internet Movie Database: Murder in Greenwich
http://imdb.com/title/tt0339422/

Here are some used VHS and DVD copies of "Murder in Greenwich": 

Amazon: Murder in Greenwich VHS
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/offer-listing/B00008V2X3/ref=dp_pb_a//104-4419635-9975153?condition=all

Amazon: Murder in Greenwich DVD
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/offer-listing/B00008UALH/ref=dp_pb_a//104-4419635-9975153?condition=all

If this movie piqued your interest, you might also want to keep an eye
out for another made-for-TV film which was based on the same true
story. "A Season in Purgatory" is more fictionalized than is "Murder
in Greenwich," but both are retellings of the Martha Moxley murder and
the reaction of a wealthy community to a horrible crime which may have
been committed by one of the community's own young men. This movie is
not currently available on video, but it shows up on television from
time to time. Not long ago I saw it listed on one of the Starz cable
movie channels.

Internet Movie Database: A Season in Purgatory
http://imdb.com/title/tt0115348/

Both "Murder in Greenwich" and "A Season in Purgatory" are based upon books:

Amazon: Murder in Greenwich
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/006109692X

Amazon: A Season in Purgatory
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345430557

Best regards,
pinkfreud

I must apologize to pinkfreud-ga for calling her "pinkfred" in my
clarification request.  Must be a "Fredian" slip.

As per clarification, you've answered my question. I can't see how to
rate answers, there's no button there but I would rate this service as
5/5.

I am a bit puzzled that you were not fully satisfied by my answer.
What did you need that I didn't provide?