Rehearsal for Murder (1982)
Synopsis of Rehearsal for Murder
Richard Levinson and William Link serve up another Thinking Man's murder mystery with the made-for-television Rehearsal for Murder. Playwright Robert Preston is on the verge of marrying glamorous film star Lynn Redgrave. But a scant few hours after her Broadway debut, Redgrave is found dead, an apparent suicide. Convinced that Redgrave was murdered, Preston contacts the most likely suspects and assembles them in an empty theatre, ostensibly to read through his latest play. But Preston locks the doors and uses his play as a means to, in the words of Hamlet, "catch the conscience" of the killer. Filmed under the working title Cold Reading, Rehearsal for Murder was the winner of the Edgar Award, a prize bestowed annually by the Mystery Writers of America. It was first broadcast on May 26, 1982. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 97 mins
Complete Cast of Rehearsal for Murder
- John Finnegan - Damon
- Patrick Macnee
- Lawrence Pressman
- Lynn Redgrave
- William Russ
- Buck Young - Lieutenant McElroy
- Charlie Robinson - The Second Officer
- Jeff Goldblum
- Nicholas Mele - The First Officer
- Robert Preston
- Wallace Rooney - Ernie
- Madolyn Smith - Karen Daniels
- William Daniels
- Director(s):
- David Greene
- Writer(s):
- Richard A. Levinson, William Link
- Producer(s):
- Robert A. Papazian
- Categories:
- Television
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