Bob Shayne Movies
- 1986
Vituperative TV news anchor Kevin Keats (Chad Everett) descends upon Cabot Cove with a full camera crew and retinue in tow, there to produce an investigative report on a long-ranging crime ring. Though Jessica (Angela Lansbury) dislikes Kevin, she agrees to an on-camera interview as a favor to an old friend, Keats' employee Paula Roman (Kathleen Lloyd). Murder rears its ugly head when Keats is apparently blown to bits by a bomb planted on a boat that he had chartered from local sheriff Amos Tupper (Tom Bosley)--but that's only the tip of the iceberg so far as this mystery is concerned! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1982
This episode was originally the first half of a two-part crossover with the CBS private-eye series Simon and Simon. At the same time that Magnum (Tom Selleck) is hired to provide security at a high-society antiques charity auction, Mainland detectives A.J. and Rick Simon (Jameson Parker, Gerald McRaney) arrive in Hawaii in search of a priceless artifiact known as the Ki'i Doll. The doll carries with it an ancient curse, which brings death to anyone who touches it--and guess who that includes? Gillian Dobb, later to join the series' cast as Agatha Chumley, is here seen as Mabel. Inasmuch as the followup Simon and Simon episode "Emeralds are Not a Girl's Best Friend" is not included in the syndicated Magnum, P.I. package, "Ki'is Don't Lie" has been provided with an alternate ending which bring closure to the story and swift punishment to the principal villain! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1974
Normally, the sales resistance of James Evans (John Amos) is mighty high, especially when it comes to door-to-door peddlers. But when a blind salesman (Ron Glass) comes knocking at the Evanses' door, James takes pity on the man and agrees to buy a set of black-history encyclopedias. It is only after examining the fine print of the sales contract (especially that Draconian section on "penalty payments") that James realizes he's been hornswoggled. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
