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Murder, She Wrote

1984TV-1412 seasons7.5 / 10

She may be wrong. But frankly, we doubt it.

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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Synopsis

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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Episode 1

Death Stalks the Big Top (1)

Sep 28, 198645m7.7 / 10

Jessica's niece receives a gift from her grandfather---a man long thought dead---which leads Jessica (Angela Lansbury) to a circus beset by accidents and murder. Part 1 of two. Neil Fletcher: Jackie Cooper. Edgar Carmody: Martin Balsam. Brad Kaneally: Greg Evigan. Katie McCallum: Pamela Susan Shoop.

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Directed by Seymour RobbieWritten by Paul SavageGuest stars Mark Shera, Jackie Cooper, Joey Cramer, Martin Balsam, John Alvin, Laraine Day, Pamela Susan Shoop, Barbara Stock

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Episode 2

Death Stalks the Big Top (2)

Oct 5, 198645m7.8 / 10

Conclusion. Despite her brother-in-law's confession, Jessica refuses to believe he killed the circus foreman. Neil Fletcher: Jackie Cooper. Preston Bartholomew: Alex Cord. Edgar Carmody: Martin Balsam. Brad Kaneally: Greg Evigan. Katie McCallum: Pamela Susan Shoop.

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Directed by Seymour RobbieWritten by Paul SavageGuest stars Mark Shera, Jackie Cooper, Joey Cramer, Martin Balsam, Laraine Day, Pamela Susan Shoop, Barbara Stock, Charles Napier

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Episode 3

Unfinished Business

Oct 12, 198645m7.9 / 10

A retired policeman decides to re-examine an old case he never solved in which Seth was a strong suspect.

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Directed by Walter GraumanWritten by Jackson GillisGuest stars Tom Bosley, J.D. Cannon, Pat Hingle, William Windom, Don DeFore, Lloyd Bochner, Hayley Mills, Erin Moran

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Episode 4

One White Rose for Death

Oct 19, 198645m7.7 / 10

Attending a concert in Washington, D.C., Jessica gets involved with two East German defectors and a murder.

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Directed by Peter CraneWritten by Peter S. FischerGuest stars Tony Bonner, Jenny Agutter, Michael Anderson Jr., Bernard Fox, Eric Braeden, John Glover, Len Cariou, Maria Mayenzet

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Episode 5

Corned Beef And Carnage

Nov 2, 198645m7.2 / 10

An adman handling the account of a fast-food chain is murdered and Jessica smells something funny.

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Directed by John Llewellyn MoxeyWritten by Robert E. SwansonGuest stars Bill Macy, Susan Anton, Peter Haskell, James Sloyan, Warren Berlinger, David Ogden Stiers, Richard Kline, Marcia Wallace

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Episode 6

Dead Man's Gold

Nov 9, 198645m7.5 / 10

While diving for sunken treasure near Cabot Cove, a young woman is murdered.

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Directed by Seymour RobbieGuest stars Tom Bosley, Julia Montgomery, Wendy Kilbourne, Sean McClory, William Windom, Grant Goodeve, John Laughlin, Robert Hogan

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Episode 7

Magnum on Ice (II)

Nov 23, 198645m7.5 / 10

Jessica offers to help Thomas Magnum, who has been accused of killing a hitman with an unknown target. The crossover starts on Magnum, P.I. S07E09 Novel Connection (I).

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Directed by Peter CraneWritten by Robert E. SwansonGuest stars Stephanie Faracy, Tom Selleck, John Hillerman, Dorothy Loudon, Jessica Walter, Ramon Bieri, Andrew Prine, Harry Endo

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Episode 8

Deadline for Murder

Nov 16, 198645m7.9 / 10

A veteran reporter, who suffered a heart attack, says his best medicine would be the removal of his publisher who has turned a good paper into a yellow rag.

Episode credits

Directed by Seymour RobbieWritten by Michael McGough, Tom SawyerGuest stars Harry Guardino, Tim O'Connor, Katherine Cannon, William Smith, Gretchen Corbett, Eugene Roche, Peter Mark Richman, Ken Olin

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Episode 9

Obituary for a Dead Anchor

Dec 7, 198645m7.6 / 10

Jessica reluctantly agrees to do an interview for an old friend, Paula Roman, but is surprised when Kevin Keats, a journalist who had been doing a series of stories on an art dealer who was really a drug dealer, shows up to do the interview, complete with cameras and crew. After Kevin is presumed dead when a boat Amos chartered for him explodes, Cabot Cove explodes with press and paparazzi, and the citizens blame Jessica for all the problems it causes, demanding that she solve the mystery. Unfortunately, once Keats is revealed to be alive and well, the real question is who the true target was.

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Directed by Walter GraumanWritten by Robert Van ScoykGuest stars Tom Bosley, Richard Paul, Robert Pine, Kathleen Lloyd, Robert Hogan, Abby Dalton, Chad Everett, Robert Lipton

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Episode 10

Stage Struck

Dec 14, 198645m7.9 / 10

The murder of the leading lady's understudy disrupts rehearsals of a play starring two previously married, but now warring, actors.

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Directed by Walter Grauman, John AstinGuest stars Ann Turkel, Eleanor Parker, Christopher Norris, Shea Farrell, Dan O'Herlihy, John Pleshette, Bob Hastings, Don Most

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Episode 11

Night of the Headless Horseman

Jan 4, 198745m8.4 / 10

The 'headless' horseman rides again, but his costume becomes more realistic.

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Directed by Walter GraumanWritten by R. Barker PriceGuest stars Thom Bray, Barry Williams, Guy Stockwell, Judy Landers, Fritz Weaver, Doug McClure, Charles Siebert, Brandon Douglas

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Episode 12

The Corpse Flew First Class

Jan 18, 198745m8.1 / 10

Theft and murder of the courier occur on board a jet bound for London.

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Directed by Walter GraumanWritten by Donald RossGuest stars Robert Walker Jr., David Hemmings, James Shigeta, John S. Ragin, Andrew Parks, Chris Robinson, Kate Mulgrew, Pat Harrington Jr.

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Episode 13

Crossed Up

Feb 1, 198745m8.1 / 10

The phone wires get crossed during a storm and Jessica can't convince anyone that what she heard was real.

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Directed by David HemmingsWritten by Craig W. Van SickleGuest stars Tom Bosley, Colleen Camp, Henry Brandon, Gisele MacKenzie, William Windom, Tony Dow, Michael Horton, Stephanie Dunnam

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Episode 14

Murder in a Minor Key

Feb 8, 198745m4.9 / 10

Jessica tells the tale of a composer accused of killing the professor who plagiarized his music.

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Guest stars Shaun Cassidy, Scott Jacoby, Karen Grassle, Dinah Manoff, Jennifer Holmes, René Auberjonois, Herb Edelman, George Grizzard

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Episode 15

The Bottom Line Is Murder

Feb 15, 198745m7.1 / 10

A lying TV Consumer advocate is killed. Was it done by one of the clients whose products he maligned?

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Directed by Anthony Pullen ShawWritten by Craig W. Van SickleGuest stars Judith Chapman, Joe Santos, Barry Corbin, Pat Klous, Adrienne Barbeau, Rod McCary, Morgan Stevens, George Takei

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Episode 16

Death Takes a Dive

Feb 22, 198745m7.9 / 10

Jessica inherits a boxer's contract and her old friend; Harry McGraw is accused of murdering its former owner.

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Directed by Seymour RobbieWritten by Peter S. FischerGuest stars LeVar Burton, Caren Kaye, Harold Sylvester, Adam West, Ray Girardin, Ernest Borgnine, Lynne Moody, John Amos

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Episode 17

Simon Says, Color Me Dead

Mar 1, 198745m8.0 / 10

An artist is murdered and his prized painting is missing.

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Directed by Walter GraumanWritten by Robert E. SwansonGuest stars Tom Bosley, Chris Hebert, Leonard Frey, William Windom, Tess Harper, Diane Baker, Dick Sargent, Foster Brooks

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Episode 18

No Laughing Murder

Mar 15, 198745m7.8 / 10

After the engagement party for the offspring of two estranged comics, someone is found dead.

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Directed by Walter GraumanWritten by Tom SawyerGuest stars Sheree North, Pat Crowley, George Furth, Arte Johnson, Steve Lawrence, George Clooney, Buddy Hackett, Alice Nunn

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Episode 19

No Accounting for Murder

Mar 22, 198745m7.6 / 10

Grady Fletcher is in big trouble when his boss, a specialist in tax shelters, is found dead and he is the main suspect.

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Directed by Peter CraneWritten by Gerald K. SiegelGuest stars Dorothy Lamour, James Noble, Geoffrey Lewis, Barney Martin, Patty McCormack, Peggy Doyle, Michael Horton, Ron Masak

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Episode 20

The Cemetery Vote

Apr 5, 198745m7.8 / 10

First, the reform mayor dies in an "accident" and then the mayor's father is murdered after he demands an investigation of the "accident".

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Directed by Seymour RobbieWritten by Robert Van ScoykGuest stars Mitchell Ryan, Marie Windsor, Charlene Tilton, Ed Lauter, Bruce Davison, Jeff Yagher, Ellen Bry, Joseph Campanella

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Episode 21

The Days Dwindle Down

Apr 19, 198745m8.6 / 10

Thirty years ago, Sam Wilson was sent to prison for murdering his boss, Malcolm Jarvis. After finally being released, Sam goes home to his wife and now-grown son who is expecting his first child with his wife, Terry. At Georgia Jarvis' request, Jessica looks into the crime, and through flashbacks, Sam remembers when Jarvis had offered him $10,000 to make his suicide look like murder. While Jessica believes that Sam is innocent, she doesn't believe it was suicide, and asks Sam's son Rod, a police officer, to lend a hand.

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Guest stars June Havoc, Susan Strasberg, Richard Beymer, Russ Marin, Gloria Stuart, Martha Scott, Harry Morgan, Jeffrey Lynn

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Episode 22

Murder, She Spoke

May 10, 198745m8.0 / 10finale

During a short black-out in the studio where Jessica is recording a book for the blind, the studio co-owner is murdered.

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Directed by Anthony Pullen ShawGuest stars Jonna Lee, Patrick Wayne, Charlie Daniels, Wendy Phillips, Michael Callan, Michael Cole, Fredric Lehne, Constance Towers

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Cast

Angela LansburyJessica Fletcher

Tom BosleyAmos Tupper

Richard PaulSam Booth

Will NyeDeputy Floyd

Ron MasakMort Metzger

Julie AdamsEve Simpson

Leonard LightfootDetective Henderson

William WindomSam Breen

Credits

Created by: Richard Levinson, William Link, Peter S. Fischer
Written by: Peter S. Fischer, Robert E. Swanson

Production details

Status: Ended
Series type: Scripted
Episodes: 264
Original language: English

Networks & production

CBSUnited States
Universal TelevisionUnited States
Corymore ProductionsUnited States

Themes

amateur sleuthcomfortingcosy crimecriminal consultantdetectiveelderlyinvestigatormaine

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