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Release Date:
30 September 1984 (USA)
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Plot:
Mystery writer finds herself investigating murders that occur around her.
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Awards:
Won 6 Golden Globes.
Another 25 wins
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54 nominations
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| Anthony Pullen Shaw | | (68 episodes, 1987-1996) |
| Walter Grauman | | (53 episodes, 1984-1996) |
| Vincent McEveety | | (28 episodes, 1988-1996) |
| Seymour Robbie | | (21 episodes, 1984-1989) |
| Jerry Jameson | | (19 episodes, 1990-1995) |
| John Llewellyn Moxey | | (18 episodes, 1984-1991) |
| Peter Crane | | (9 episodes, 1985-1987) |
| Arthur Allan Seidelman | | (5 episodes, 1985-1986) |
| Allen Reisner | | (4 episodes, 1984-1989) |
| Kevin G. Cremin | | (4 episodes, 1987-1990) |
| Nick Havinga | | (4 episodes, 1987) |
| Peter Salim | | (3 episodes, 1992-1993) |
| Corey Allen | | (2 episodes, 1984) |
| Michael J. Lynch | | (2 episodes, 1987-1990) |
| Chuck Bowman | | (2 episodes, 1989-1991) |
| David Moessinger | | (2 episodes, 1991-1992) |
| Don Mischer | | (2 episodes, 1993-1994) |
| Robert M. Williams Jr. | | (2 episodes, 1993-1994) |
| Kevin Corcoran | | (2 episodes, 1996) |
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| Peter S. Fischer | | (264 episodes, 1984-1996) |
| William Link | | (264 episodes, 1984-1996) |
| Richard Levinson | | (263 episodes, 1984-1996) |
| Robert Van Scoyk | | (25 episodes, 1984-1996) |
| Robert Swanson | | (25 episodes, 1984-1992) |
| Tom Sawyer | | (24 episodes, 1985-1996) |
| Donald Ross | | (16 episodes, 1987-1996) |
| Bruce Lansbury | | (15 episodes, 1991-1996) |
| Gerald K. Siegel | | (10 episodes, 1984-1990) |
| Laurence Heath | | (10 episodes, 1992-1996) |
| Philip Gerson | | (9 episodes, 1986-1989) |
| Chris Manheim | | (8 episodes, 1987-1993) |
| Mark A. Burley | | (8 episodes, 1992-1996) |
| Paul Savage | | (7 episodes, 1985-1989) |
| J. Michael Straczynski | | (7 episodes, 1991-1993) |
| Jerrold L. Ludwig | | (7 episodes, 1994-1996) |
| Mary Ann Kasica | | (6 episodes, 1985-1994) |
| Michael Scheff | | (6 episodes, 1985-1994) |
| Lynne Kelsey | | (4 episodes, 1989-1991) |
| J. Miyoko Hensley | | (3 episodes, 1984-1986) |
| Steven Hensley | | (3 episodes, 1984-1986) |
| Dick Nelson | | (3 episodes, 1985-1988) |
| Paul Schiffer | | (3 episodes, 1989-1995) |
| Paul W. Cooper | | (2 episodes, 1984-1985) |
| Mark Giles | | (2 episodes, 1984-1985) |
| Linda Shank | | (2 episodes, 1984-1985) |
| Jackson Gillis | | (2 episodes, 1985-1986) |
| Wendy Graf | | (2 episodes, 1987-1988) |
| R. Barker Price | | (2 episodes, 1987-1988) |
| Lisa Stotsky | | (2 episodes, 1987-1988) |
| Arthur Weingarten | | (2 episodes, 1987-1988) |
| Steven Long Mitchell | | (2 episodes, 1987) |
| Craig W. Van Sickle | | (2 episodes, 1987) |
| William Bigelow | | (2 episodes, 1990) |
| David Moessinger | | (2 episodes, 1991-1992) |
| Robert Hamner | | (2 episodes, 1992-1993) |
| James L. Novack | | (2 episodes, 1993-1996) |
| Rick Mittleman | | (2 episodes, 1993-1994) |
| Carlton Hollander | | (2 episodes, 1993) |
| Philip John Taylor | | (2 episodes, 1995-1996) |
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| Peter S. Fischer | .... | executive producer (154 episodes, 1984-1991) |
| Robert F. O'Neill | .... | producer / supervising producer (153 episodes, 1984-1991) |
| Mark A. Burley | .... | supervising producer (110 episodes, 1991-1996) |
| Al Kraus | .... | coordinating producer (108 episodes, 1991-1996) |
| Anthony Magro | .... | associate producer (94 episodes, 1987-1991) |
| Robert Swanson | .... | producer / supervising producer (89 episodes, 1988-1992) |
| Angela Lansbury | .... | executive producer (88 episodes, 1992-1996) |
| Bruce Lansbury | .... | supervising producer (88 episodes, 1992-1996) |
| Todd London | .... | co-producer / producer / ... (85 episodes, 1992-1996) |
| Tom Sawyer | .... | producer (79 episodes, 1993-1996) |
| Laurence Heath | .... | co-producer (66 episodes, 1993-1996) |
| Mike Stevens | .... | associate producer / co-producer (60 episodes, 1984-1989) |
| Robert Van Scoyk | .... | producer (58 episodes, 1988-1991) |
| J. Michael Straczynski | .... | co-producer / producer (30 episodes, 1991-1993) |
| David Shaw | .... | co-executive producer (24 episodes, 1995-1996) |
| Jerrold L. Ludwig | .... | co-producer (23 episodes, 1995-1996) |
| Walton Dornisch | .... | co-producer (22 episodes, 1991-1992) |
| David Moessinger | .... | executive producer (22 episodes, 1991-1992) |
| Stephen Swofford | .... | associate producer (2 episodes, 1996) |
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| Kevin Corcoran | .... | assistant producer (unknown episodes) |
| Peter Shaw | .... | producer (unknown episodes) |
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| Michael J. Lynch | | (58 episodes, 1984-1993) |
| Donald Douglas | | (53 episodes, 1984-1991) |
| Ellen Ring Jacobson | | (38 episodes, 1991-1996) |
| Bill Turro | | (24 episodes, 1993-1996) |
| Ed Guidotti | | (17 episodes, 1984-1986) |
| Buford F. Hayes | | (13 episodes, 1991-1993) |
| Bill Luciano | | (13 episodes, 1993-1995) |
| Jack Horger | | (11 episodes, 1986-1988) |
| Joe Morrisey | | (11 episodes, 1988-1991) |
| John C. Horger | | (11 episodes, 1989-1991) |
| Ray Daniels | | (6 episodes, 1991-1992) |
| Thomas Petersen | | (6 episodes, 1995-1996) |
| Michael Renaud | | (3 episodes, 1987) |
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| Robert Wingo | | (134 episodes, 1984-1991) |
| Bill Gregory | | (88 episodes, 1992-1996) |
| Lee Poll | | (88 episodes, 1992-1996) |
| Fred S. Winston | | (29 episodes, 1985-1992) |
| Frank Lombardo | | (6 episodes, 1984-1985) |
| Donald J. Remacle | | (3 episodes, 1988-1989) |
| Wally White | | (2 episodes, 1985-1986) |
| Richard C. Goddard | | (2 episodes, 1985) |
| Bill Webb | | (2 episodes, 1986-1987) |
| Hal Gausman | | (2 episodes, 1987) |
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| Al Kraus | .... | unit production manager / production manager (124 episodes, 1990-1996) |
| Ronald Martinez | .... | unit production manager (51 episodes, 1987-1989) |
| John C. Chulay | .... | unit production manager (34 episodes, 1984-1986) |
| Mack Bing | .... | unit production manager (10 episodes, 1984-1985) |
| S. Michael Formica | .... | unit production manager (9 episodes, 1989-1990) |
| G. Warren Smith | .... | unit production manager (8 episodes, 1990) |
| Tony Bishop | .... | unit production manager (7 episodes, 1986-1987) |
| Larry Y. Albucher | .... | unit production manager (7 episodes, 1986) |
| Kevin G. Cremin | .... | unit production manager (7 episodes, 1989-1990) |
| David Shaw | .... | executive in charge of production (6 episodes, 1994-1995) |
| Christopher N. Seiter | .... | unit production manager (5 episodes, 1990-1994) |
| Gary Law | .... | unit production manager (3 episodes, 1994) |
| Dodie Foster | .... | unit production manager (2 episodes, 1985-1986) |
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| Stephen Swofford | .... | post-production supervisor (unknown episodes) |
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| Robert M. Williams Jr. | .... | first assistant director / second assistant director / ... (114 episodes, 1987-1996) |
| Allen DiGioia | .... | second assistant director / first assistant director / ... (85 episodes, 1984-1989) |
| Kelly Cantley | .... | second assistant director / assistant director (74 episodes, 1993-1996) |
| Joseph A. Ingraffia | .... | first assistant director (59 episodes, 1986-1996) |
| Kevin Corcoran | .... | first assistant director (48 episodes, 1991-1996) |
| Gail Seely | .... | second assistant director (30 episodes, 1989-1991) |
| Kevin G. Cremin | .... | first assistant director (20 episodes, 1985-1987) |
| Mark Lyon | .... | second assistant director (20 episodes, 1991-1992) |
| Suzanne Geiger | .... | dga trainee (12 episodes, 1992-1993) |
| Alice West | .... | first assistant director (11 episodes, 1985-1986) |
| Michael Risner | .... | dga trainee (11 episodes, 1995) |
| Janet Davidson | .... | first assistant director (10 episodes, 1984-1985) |
| Rowe Wallerstein | .... | first assistant director (10 episodes, 1984-1985) |
| Brad Michaelson | .... | second assistant director (10 episodes, 1991-1992) |
| Richard J. Levin | .... | second assistant director (7 episodes, 1989-1990) |
| Tom Blank | .... | first assistant director (4 episodes, 1986-1987) |
| Richard Graves | .... | first assistant director (4 episodes, 1988-1993) |
| Ryan Gordon | .... | first assistant director / second assistant director (2 episodes, 1984-1996) |
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| Louis G. Friedman | .... | assistant director (unknown episodes) |
| Elena Santaballa | .... | dga trainee (unknown episodes) |
| Michael-McCloud Thompson | .... | dga trainee (unknown episodes) |
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| Don Sharpless | .... | sound mixer / sound / ... (173 episodes, 1984-1996) |
| Dale Johnston | .... | supervising sound editor (89 episodes, 1987-1992) |
| Tim Cooney | .... | sound / sound mixer / ... (88 episodes, 1984-1988) |
| Kevin K. Sorensen | .... | boom operator (64 episodes, 1984-1987) |
| Anthony Magro | .... | sound editor (56 episodes, 1984-1987) |
| Paul B. Clay | .... | supervising sound editor / sound editor (56 episodes, 1992-1995) |
| Cindy Rabideau | .... | supervising sound editor (31 episodes, 1993-1996) |
| Charles R. Beith Jr. | .... | sound editor / supervising sound editor (22 episodes, 1991-1992) |
| Jerry Jacobson | .... | dialogue editor (21 episodes, 1994-1995) |
| Walt Jenevein | .... | sound editor (9 episodes, 1987) |
| Phil Beeson | .... | sound / sound mixer (2 episodes, 1987-1988) |
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| Susan Kurtz | .... | sound effects editor (unknown episodes, 1992-1994) |
| James L. Aicholtz | .... | sound mixer (unknown episodes) |
| Gregg Barbanell | .... | foley artist (unknown episodes) |
| Beau Biggart | .... | adr mixer (unknown episodes) |
| Barney Cabral | .... | adr editor (unknown episodes) |
| Joe Campana | .... | assistant sound editor (unknown episodes) |
| Richard Coleman | .... | sound recordist (unknown episodes) |
| Mark Kamps | .... | assistant sound editor (unknown episodes) |
| Richard LeGrand Jr. | .... | sound editor (unknown episodes) |
| Anthony Milch | .... | sound editor (unknown episodes) |
| Linda Moss | .... | sound editor (unknown episodes) |
| Peter Reale | .... | sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes) |
| Dean St. John | .... | adr mixer (unknown episodes) |
| Clancy T. Troutman | .... | sound editor (unknown episodes) |
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| Wayne Rose | .... | special effects coordinator (21 episodes, 1984-1985) |
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| George Zamora | .... | special effects coordinator (unknown episodes) |
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| Jim Michaels | .... | visual effects producer (88 episodes, 1984-1988) |
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| Lon Massey III | .... | chief lighting technician (122 episodes, 1991-1996) |
| Earl C. Williman | .... | gaffer (64 episodes, 1984-1987) |
| Jeffrey Norvet | .... | first assistant camera (38 episodes, 1984-1986) |
| William Jay Gahret | .... | camera operator (37 episodes, 1984-1986) |
| Susan C. Ingram | .... | second assistant camera (37 episodes, 1984-1986) |
| Jim Saldutti | .... | grip (21 episodes, 1984-1985) |
| Eugene Earle | .... | additional first assistant camera (14 episodes, 1985-1986) |
| Paul Maibaum | .... | first assistant camera (7 episodes, 1984) |
| Richard N. Hannah | .... | additional camera operator (5 episodes, 1985) |
| Ron Newburn | .... | lighting technician (3 episodes, 1990) |
| Richard Kamins | .... | gaffer (2 episodes, 1988-1989) |
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| Owen Marsh | .... | camera operator (unknown episodes, 1987) |
| Ben Beaird | .... | key grip (unknown episodes) |
| Stan McClain | .... | aerial camera operator (unknown episodes) |
| Keith H. Moore | .... | assistant camera (unknown episodes) |
| Serge Poupis | .... | first assistant camera (unknown episodes) |
| Matt Ramirez | .... | first assistant camera / photographer: second unit (unknown episodes) |
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| Radford Polinsky | .... | set costumer (152 episodes, 1984-1991) |
| Lambert Marks | .... | costume supervisor (98 episodes, 1984-1989) |
| Eilish Zebrasky | .... | costume designer: Ms. Lansbury / costume supervisor / ... (87 episodes, 1992-1996) |
| Debi Orrico | .... | costume supervisor / costumer (85 episodes, 1988-1992) |
| Robert Eli Bodford Jr. | .... | costume supervisor (63 episodes, 1988-1991) |
| Nick Mezzanotti | .... | costume supervisor (55 episodes, 1988-1991) |
| Buffy Snyder | .... | costume supervisor (47 episodes, 1992-1994) |
| Don Vargas | .... | costume supervisor: men / costumer: men (43 episodes, 1993-1996) |
| Shannon Litten | .... | costume supervisor: women / costumer: women / ... (39 episodes, 1994-1996) |
| Deanna Doran | .... | costume supervisor (31 episodes, 1985-1992) |
| Bettylee Balsam | .... | costume supervisor (24 episodes, 1987-1988) |
| Dorothy Baca | .... | costume supervisor (23 episodes, 1986-1987) |
| Don Pike | .... | costume supervisor: men (23 episodes, 1993-1994) |
| Karen Bellamy | .... | key costumer / costume supervisor (22 episodes, 1991-1992) |
| Dallas D. Dornan | .... | costume supervisor / costumer (21 episodes, 1991-1992) |
| Jay Kaplan | .... | costume supervisor (14 episodes, 1992-1993) |
| Julie Weiss | .... | costume consultant (12 episodes, 1984-1985) |
| Victoria Snow | .... | costume supervisor (9 episodes, 1984-1985) |
| Jim O'Daniel | .... | costume supervisor (8 episodes, 1993) |
| Arlene Zamiara | .... | costume supervisor (4 episodes, 1984) |
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| Sandra Henderson | .... | head stylist (unknown episodes) |
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| Robert Van Scoyk | .... | executive story editor (94 episodes, 1984-1989) |
| Robert Swanson | .... | story editor / executive story editor / ... (74 episodes, 1984-1989) |
| Philip Gerson | .... | story editor / script editor (32 episodes, 1987-1988) |
| Donald Ross | .... | story editor (22 episodes, 1989-1990) |
| John Chester | .... | assistant to producer / production assistant (22 episodes, 1994) |
| Chris Manheim | .... | story editor (5 episodes, 1988-1989) |
| Bryan Rodgers | .... | visual consultant (4 episodes, 1994-1996) |
| Russell Clark | .... | choreographer (2 episodes, 1994-1996) |
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| Art Scholl | .... | pilot (unknown episodes, 1985) |
| Bundy Chanock | .... | set medic (unknown episodes, 1994) |
| Mary Kara | .... | technical consultant (unknown episodes, 1995-1996) |
| Fred Fein | .... | stand-in (unknown episodes) |
| Betty Green | .... | title designer (unknown episodes) |
| Carolyn Hayes | .... | production auditor (unknown episodes) |
| Beth Humphreys | .... | legal supervisor (unknown episodes) |
| Keith McNulty | .... | cue cards (unknown episodes) |
| Rod Ripley | .... | assistant to producers (unknown episodes) |
| Susan Vercelli | .... | production coordinator (unknown episodes) |
| Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc | .... | aerial coordinator (unknown episodes) |
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Additional Details
Runtime:
60 min (264 episodes)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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Trivia:
There are many in-jokes in "The Committee" (episode 8.9). The last names of characters Edward Dunsany, Gerald Innsmouth, and Philip Arkham all refer to works by H.P. Lovecraft. The name of Harcourt Fenton is an obvious reference to
"Star Trek" (1966) rogue Harcourt Fenton Mudd, and the names of Lieutenant Tartarus and the Avernus Club both refer to mythological hells. This is no surprise, given that prolific SF author
J. Michael Straczynski wrote this episode.
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I'm not quite sure why Murder She Wrote isn't still running. I'm willing to bet that Angela Lansbury could command any kind of deal she could have if she wanted to do more episodes of this wonderful series.
Angela Lansbury is maybe one of the kindest and most unselfish of players ever to grace the big screen, the small screen and the legitimate theater. Let's not forget she's a star in all three mediums. What I like best about her is the fact that she used her star power to give lots of work to her fellow performers from the golden age of Hollywood's studio system who weren't as lucky with their careers as she. Just look at the cast list of any random selection of Murder, She Wrote episodes.
For twelve years she got every weekend to show up the police in every corner of the globe that they had the wrong solution to a given murder. The amazing thing is that most of them simply went with the flow as far as her interference with their investigation. It was part of her charm for them and for us.
About half the episodes took place in the little New England coastal town of Cabot Cove where William Windom as the town doctor and first sheriff Tom Bosley and then sheriff Ron Masak got assistance from Jessica Fletcher every time she was in town at her home. I liked the Cabot Cove shows best and I suspect most viewers did. Though that presents a problem in that Cabot Cove given the percentage of the population might just have the highest murder rate in the country. Good thing she WAS around. But even there she never embarrassed Bosley or Masak in solving the cases.
Her best scenes are with William Windom, the crusty old town doctor, Seth Hazlitt. I suspect that back in their youth Jessic and Seth were an item and the way Lansbury and Windom are with each other, you can see the bonds are strong. The writers in Murder, She Wrote very wisely never made Dr. Hazlett any kind of buffoon the way Nigel Bruce was as Doctor Watson to Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes. Windom played it absolutely straight and his medical knowledge occasionally helped Lansbury solve the case. I think it's a shame that William Windom never got an Emmy for playing Dr. Hazlitt.
My hope is that somebody gets the bright idea to have a reunion episode and maybe finally marry Jessica Fletcher and Dr. Seth Hazlitt. It would be the highest rated show of a given season.