Murder, She Wrote: Deadpan

When one of her former students adapts her novel Mainly Murder as a stage play, Jessica (Angela Lansbury) is honored to attend the show's opening night. Not long afterward, the reviews come out, with one critic lavishing praise on the production, and the critic's chief rival penning a devastating pan. When then "positive" critic is murdered and the "negative" critic is accused of the crime,... (read more) Jessica must come to the defense of a person who obviously despises her! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast:

• Philip Abbott
• Lloyd Bochner
• Miles Chapin
• Carole Cook
• Marcy Goldman
• Marilyn Hassett
• Rich Little
• Christopher Norris
• Eugene Roche
• Penny Santon
• Dean Stockwell
• Don Correia
• John DiSanti
• Barbara Beckley
• Sue Bugden
• R.J. Arterburn

Director(s):

E.W. Swackhamer

Writer(s):

Arthur Weingarten, Michael Scheff, Mary Ann Kasica