Magnum, P.I.: Murder by Night (1987)
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Filmed in black-and-white, this episode is both an homage to and a spoof of The Maltese Falcon and other "hard-boiled detective" movies of its ilk. In 1941 San Francisco, cynical gumshoe Thomas Magnum (Tom Selleck) tries to solve the murder of the much-despite publishing baron William Tyler Maxfield. Along the way, he meets the other Magnum, P.I. regulars, recast as "film noir" stereotypes. The story comes to a climax with obligatory revelation scene, in which Magnum gathers all the suspects together in the same room--and is HE surprised by the outcome! Only at the very end do we discover precisely why and how Magnum has been transplanted to another time and another place. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Phyllis Davis - Tiffy
- Henry Jones - Butler
- Larry Manetti - Rev. Bentley
- Jennifer Runyon - Christine Maxfield Bentley
- John Hillerman - Sam Caldwell
- Jeff MacKay - Coroner
- Roger E. Mosley - Inspector Wolfe
- Anne Twomey - Alicia Maxfield
- Director(s):
- Russ Mayberry
- Writer(s):
- Robert Hamilton
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