Murder, She Wrote: Murder to a Jazz Beat (1985)
- Director(s):
- Walter E. Grauman
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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. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Wally K. Berns - Proprietor
- Bradford Dillman - Lt. Kershaw
- Mario Machado - TV Announcer
- Garrett Morris - Lafayette Duquesne
- Clive Revill - Jonathan Hawley
- Glynn E. Turman - Ben Coleman
- Michael Canavan - Dr. Alan Collyer
- Bruce Marchiano - Assistant Director
- David Whitfield - Hec Tattersal
- Olivia Cole - Callie Coleman
- Jackie Joseph - Actress
- Cameron Mitchell - Dr. Aaron Kramer
- Ed Nelson - Carl Turnbull
- Stan Shaw - Eddie Walters
- Robert Clarke - Actor
- George Kirby - Eubie Sherwin
- Bobby Sherman - Jimmy Firth
- Elaine Hobson - Lisa
- Director(s):
- Walter E. Grauman
- Writer(s):
- Paul Savage, David Abramowitz
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