Murder, She Wrote : Murder to a Jazz Beat (1985)
Directed by Walter Grauman / Anthony Pullen Shaw / Vincent McEveety
Genres - Mystery |
Sub-Genres - Detective Show [TV], Prime-Time Drama [TV] |
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The setting is New Orleans, where a prominent jazz musician is killed onstage in full view of a nightclub audience. It turns out that the victim was done in by a rare South American poison. So what does all this have to do with Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury? Well, it seems that a similar murder with the same weapon occurred in one of Jessica's mystery novels--a most embarrassing turn of events, especially since Jessica was in the audience at the time of the real murder! B-picture icons Robert Clarke and Jackie Joseph show up in supporting roles in this episode, which also boasts an unusually strong (for 1985!) cast of prominent African American actors.