Diagnosis of Murder

In a 1991 episode of Jake and the Fatman, Dick Van Dyke guest-starred as Dr. Mark Sloan, who couldn't seem to keep his nose out of a murder investigation. Diagnosis of Murder is the two-hour TV-movie spin-off of that episode. This time, Dr. Sloan tags along with his police-sergeant son (Barry Van Dyke, the real life son of you-know-who) on another homicide case. The victim is a... (read more) powerful business magnate whose questionable ethics have given plenty of people plenty of motive for the killing. Somehow or other, Dick Van Dyke finds time between his hospital rounds and his clue-hunting to perform a brief soft shoe. Diagnosis of Murder was the pilot for a potential series, which was sold under the slightly truncated title Diagnosis Murder. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast:

• Dick Van Dyke
• Mariette Hartley
• Ken Kercheval
• Bill Bixby
• Stephen Caffrey
• Cynthia Gibb
• William Atherton
• Michael MacRae
• Kevin McNulty
• P. Adrien Dorval
• Barry Green
• William B. Davis
• Dale Wilson
• Vernee Watson-Johnson
• Barry Van Dyke
• Brynn Thayer

Director(s):

Chris Hibler

Writer(s):

Dean Hargrove

Producer(s):

Barry Steinberg