Crazy Love (2007)

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Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Jun 8, 2007

Running Time: 92 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Burton Pugach, Linda Riss, Jimmy Breslin, Rusty Goldberg, Bob Janoff, Rita Kessler, Janet Pomerantz, Margaret Powers, Berry Stainbeck

director: Dan Klores, Fisher Stevens

The tale of the obsessive roller-coaster relationship of Burt and Linda Pugach, which shocked the nation during the summer of 1959. Burt, a 32 year-old married attorney and Linda, a beautiful, single 20 year-old girl living in the Bronx had a whirlwind romance, which culminated in a violent and psychologically complex set of actions that landed the pair's saga on the cover of endless newspapers and magazines.

Dan Klores' documentary Crazy Love proves that truth really is stranger than fiction as it spins the tale of an infamous crime of passion--and its unbelievable result.

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No question about it; Crazy Love lives up to its title--and then some. The story of Burt Pugach and Linda Riss' rocky relationship will leave you shaking your head and, yes, even chuckling at the mind-boggling quirks of human nature. The pair met in the Bronx in the '50s when Burt, a successful personal injury lawyer,…