Killer hides murder knife in base of sculpture he's making of his wife

I'm looking for a movie I think was on utube. It could have been a made for tv movie. I don't remember any famous actors in it.

The movie starts with a handsome killer, who possibly is a rapist getting out of prison or jail on a technically. He's a clay sculpture artist. A female who owns or runs an art gallery thinks he was wrongfully convicted and contually defends him through the whole movie.

He romances the art gallery owner or curator who contually thinks he's innocent and she has a showing of his work. I think he shows up late for the show, and she wants to introduce him to someone who wants to buy a sculpture for $30,000. He keeps killing but doesn't get caught.

I think he kills a man who he thinks has an interest in the art gallery owner. The police suspect him but can't prove it, and she innocently may even give him an alibi.

He marries the art gallery owner, and the movie ends with him making a sculpture of his wife and hiding the murder knife in the base of the sculpture he's making of his new wife. The final shot in the movie is him looking in the camera with a sinister smile.

It's possible it's a lifetime type movie, but I'm not sure. It could have possibly been on tubi.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

How old is the movie?
What era does it take place in?
What do the actors/actresses look like?
Is there a sense of place; London, Paris, New York?
What language is it in?
My guess is that it is either a movie from the late forties-early fifties or the late eighties- to early nineties? It just sounds like the kind of story you would find in those two eras.

I think it's probably late 1980's to 2000's. The Era is probably the same. The main actor-The killer is really good looking with shoulder length hair (reminds me of Jeff Ysgher from the Seinfeld episode the rye but it's not him).


The female actress who played the art gallery owner was also very attractive I think had long blond hair.


It's definitely in a US city but I don't recall any famous landmarks. I don't know if it was real or fictional.


I remember there were 2 detectives that greeted him when he came out of prison to let him know they would be watching him.

I don't think they showed him killing anyone except possibly the male rival of the woman.

I just clearly remembered him making the sculpture as she was posing for him and he put the knife in the base, then covering it in clay. The sinister smile and the movie ends

I appreciate your reply, thank you

Maybe "Paint it Black"(1989) ? It sounds similar.

"A serial killer covers his victims in modeling clay, and a local sculptor is accused of the crimes."

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Thanks for your reply I really appreciate it. It's not the same movie I watched but this one looks interesting so I will check it out. Thanks again

Maybe A Bucket of Blood (1995) ? Do you remember something else?


Seeds of Doubt (1998) has a similar plot too.


I am almost sure that it is "Seeds of Doubt", because Joe Lando is very similar to Jeff Ysgher from the Seinfield episode - The Rye.

I found the movie its called seeds of doubt. She was actually a reporter. Its on utube. It's a crime movie that keeps you guessing

Thanks again I thought it was an awesome movie. I love movies that have similar types of plots