Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife is a 1987

1987 in film

-Events:*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records....

 television film directed by Paul Wendkos

Paul Wendkos

Paul Wendkos was an American television and film director....

. The film received generally negative reviews.

Plot

Marian is a fashion designer who thinks she is leading the perfect life when she marries attorney Edward. It soon turns out to be that her husband is the son of a powerful mafia family. Soon, the family involves Marian and her friends with organized crime, ruining her life. She starts to fight against the family when one of her best friends is murdered.

Cast

• Melissa Gilbert
  Melissa Gilbert
  Melissa Ellen Gilbert is an American actress, writer, and producer, primarily in movies and television. Gilbert is best known as a child actress who co-starred as Charles Ingalls's second daughter, Laura Ingalls Wilder, on the dramatic television series Little House on the Prairie...
  
   as Marian
• Joe Penny
  Joe Penny
  Joseph Edward Penny, Jr., credited as Joe Penny is an actor best known for his role as Nick Ryder on the detective series Riptide from 1984 to 1986 and for his role as Jake Styles in the CBS television series Jake and the Fatman from 1987 to 1992.-Early life:Penny was born in London, England to an...
  
   as Edward Moran
• Eileen Brennan
  Eileen Brennan
  Eileen Brennan is an American actress of film, television, and theater. Brennan is best known for her role as Doreen Lewis in Private Benjamin for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She reprised the role in the TV adaption and won a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy...
  
   as Sylvia
• Anthony Franciosa
  Anthony Franciosa
  Anthony Franciosa was an American actor, usually billed as Tony Franciosa during the height of his career.-Early life:...
  
   as Lou Di Luca
• Talia Shire
  Talia Shire
  Talia Shire is an American actress most known for her roles as Connie Corleone in The Godfather films and Adrian Balboa in the Rocky series.-Personal life:...
  
   as Gina
• Carmine Caridi
  Carmine Caridi
  Carmine Caridi is an American television and film actor. He has appeared in a wide variety of roles over the past 30 years. He lives in West Hollywood.- Career :...
  
   as Uncle Sal
• Ron Karabatsos as Aldo
• John Aprea
  John Aprea
  John Aprea is an American actor, known for his role as "Young Sal Tessio" in The Godfather: Part II and on television as "Lucas Castigliano" on the soap opera Another World, from 1989 to 1992. As of 2006, he is currently filming a new soap opera in Southern California called, "The Heiress", which...
  
   as Frank
• Rhoda Gemignani
  Rhoda Gemignani
  Rhoda Gemignani is an actress, primarily known for her role as Mrs. Rossini in in the American television sitcom Who's the Boss?...
  
   as Mama
• Shiri Appleby
  Shiri Appleby
  Shiri Freda Appleby is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her leading role as Liz Parker in the television series Roswell...