Donato and Daughter, released on video as Dead to Rights, is a 1993 American crime drama television film directed by Rod Holcomb and written by Robert Roy Pool, based on the 1988 novel of the same name by Jack Early.

The project appealed to Delany because of its focus on the relationship between father and daughter, which she found more compelling than the typical overdone serial killer plots.

She appreciated the absence of a romantic subplot, valuing the opportunity to portray a strong, multifaceted female character centered on family and work.

Delany also took the role to work with Charles Bronson, describing him as tough but sweet and funny, often lightening tense moments with impromptu musical performances.

Two Los Angeles Police Department detectives, a father and daughter who have had a frosty relationship for a long time, must team up to stop a brutal sexual predator and serial killer who targets nuns.

Her final consensus was that "it helps that the photography is fabulous, the sets full of quietly significant details, and the score, something you almost never notice on a cop show, is moody in the extreme.

"Donato" has elements of the great British TV drama Prime Suspect; Delany might have taken lessons from Helen Mirren for her tortured, chain-smoking tough gal character.

"[4] In his Los Angeles Times review, Jon Matsumoto gave the film credit for trying "to inject some complex human interaction into its standard mystery-thriller format.