Box set: Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Series
Barcode 025192209536
Release Date 10/1/2013

Murder, She Wrote: Season 5
Universal (1988)
TV Series  /  Comedy, Drama, Crime, Mystery
In Collection
#1531
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IMDB   7.1
1032 mins USA / English
DVD 
Angela Lansbury Jessica Fletcher
William Windom Dr. Seth Hazlitt
Will Nye Deputy Floyd
Ron Masak Sheriff Mort Metzger
Dee Wallace-Stone Mildred Terhune
Cliff De Young Carlton Reid
Bob Harks Waiter
Ken Howard Hank Shipton
Jean Simmons Eudora McVeigh Shipton
Norman Alden Bart Klapper
Lee De Broux Sergeant Trask
Richard Anderson Lew Bracken
David Hedison Victor Caspar
Michael Horton Grady Fletcher
William R. Moses Reese Morgan
Patricia McCormack Det. Kathleen Chadwick
Peter Van Norden Dr. Sid Lantz
Shelley Fabares Liza Caspar
Dale Robertson Lee Goddard
Debbie Zipp Donna Mayberry
Director
Walter Grauman
Vincent McEveety
Seymour Robbie
John Llewellyn Moxey
Producer Peter S. Fischer
Robert F. O'Neill
Mike Stevens
Robert Van Scoyk
Writer Richard Stanley
Tom Sawyer
Peter S. Fischer
Paul Savage
Cinematography Dennis Matsuda
John Elsenbach
Robert C. Moreno
Musician David Bell
Richard Markowitz

Murder seems to follow Jessica Fletcher, a former English teacher and a mystery writer full of charm, zest-for-life, and personality; who happens to become "the investigator" when traveling around the country to promote a series of novels. Murder always occurs when she is present. Even in Cabot Cove!
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/23/1988  1.  J.B. as in Jailbird
A colossal mix-up puts Jessica in jail as a suspect in a murder only she witnessed. British agent Hagarty returns.
Director:  Anthony Pullen Shaw  Writer:  Robert Swanson 
Guest starring:  John Rhys-Davies, Maxwell Caulfield,  Leslie Easterbrook, Sam Behrens,  Michael CallanMaureen ArthurDebbie ZippRon O'Neal, Joseph Rushkin, John Harnagel, Gregory J. Barnett
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/30/1988  2.  A Little Night Work
A senatorial hopeful is murdered and his wife's necklace stolen.
Director:  Walter Grauman  Writer:  Peter S. Fischer 
Guest starring:  John Dye,  Jamie Farr, Leann Hunley,  Conrad Janis, Rick Jason,  Joe Santos, Julie Parrish, Bill Cort, Jensen Collier, Ronda Pierson, Harry Cason,  Armand Cerami, Frances Bergen, Gerald A. Sharp
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/6/1988  3.  Mr. Penroy's Vacation
The sisters used a new type of fertilizer to make their chrysanthemums best of show.
Director:  Anthony Pullen Shaw  Writer:  Robert Swanson 
Guest starring:  Norman AldenDon CalfaHenry JonesJoan LeslieTeresa WrightTim ChoateAl Pugliese, Robert Moberly,  Deborah Rose, Candy Azzara
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/13/1988  4.  Snow White, Blood Red
A blizzard interrupts a skiing vacation and traps everyone, including a killer.
Director:  Victor McEveety  Writer:  Chris Manheim 
Guest starring:  Barry Newman, Emma Samms,  John LaughlinJamie RoseCyril O'Reilly, Bo Svenson,  Ronnie Claire Edwards, Tony O'Dell,  Eric Allan KramerGeorge Wyner, Kenny Davis, Craig Branham,  John Arndt
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/20/1988  5.  Coal Miner's Slaughter
The coal miner's daughter thinks the mine owner is responsible for her father's death and someone takes action.
Director:  Walter Grauman  Writer:  Chris Manheim 
Guest starring:  Megan MullallyHoyt AxtonDenver PyleBarbara Bain, Marilyn Jones,  William R. Moses, Cliff DeYoung,  Jared RushtonChuck Connors
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/27/1988  6.  Wearing of the Green
A Fletcher novel is the entree to a legendary actress who is a hermit refusing to meet anyone. The occasion is the theft of a famous tiara.
Director:  Seymour Robbie  Writer:  Peter S. Fischer 
Guest starring:  Jean Peters, Lucie Arnaz,  Patricia McCormackJohn McMartin, Erin Gray, Barbara Bosson,  Michael Constantine, David Naughton,  David SheinerBarry Dennen, Wayne Heffley,  David Sage, Thomas Bellin, Harry Moses
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    12/18/1988  7.  The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel
The airplane her late husband bailed out of in 1952 has finally been found -- with a body inside.
Director:  Vincent McEveety  Writer:  Peter S. Fischer 
Guest starring:  Martin Milner,  Jane GreerDale RobertsonClifton JamesMichael Ansara, Robin Strasser,  Richard RoundtreeEfrem Zimbalist Jr.Danny Hassel, Mark Costello, Colleen McDermott,  Gerry Okuneff, Doug Dupuy, Scott Richard Ehredt, J.Michael Warren, John Newburg
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/1/1989  8.  Prediction: Murder
A psychic's predictions have come true, convincing a rancher's daughter that the next one, a fatal fire, will happen.
Director:  Walter Grauman  Writer:  Richard Stanley  / Ralph Meyering Jr. 
Guest starring:  Dale Robertson, Michael Spound, Lisa Pelikan, David Birney, Melody Anderson,  Michael Parks, Steve Kahan, Geoffrey Scott, Lena Pousette, David Mack
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/8/1989  9.  Something Borrowed, Someone Blue
Grady's wedding seems doomed when someone does in the persnickety housekeeper.
Director:  John Llewellyn Moxey  Writer:  Philip Gerson 
Guest starring:  Debbie ZippEugene RocheGale StormBill MacyHoward MorrisBetsy Palmer, Ray Buktenica, Rick Hurst,  Conchata FerrellPatricia Barry, Barbara Townsend,  David Byrd, David Stenstrom, Parker Whitman, Michael Leopard, Trent Dolan, Mark McGee, Ralph M. Clift, Vicki Ludac
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/15/1989  10.  Weave a Tangled Web
Things look bad when a married woman's keys are found by the body in a motel room and she can't explain why.
Director:  Seymour Robbie  Writer:  Robert Swanson 
Guest starring:  Pamela Bellwood,  James SutoriusMel Ferrer, Charles Haid, Stanley Kamel, Gloria Loring,  George Chakiris, Scott Curtis, Lisa Brinegar
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/5/1989  11.  The Search for Peter Kerry
A long missing heir turns up and trouble ensues.
Director:  Walter Grauman  Writer:  Peter S. Fischer 
Guest starring:  Marc Singer,  William Prince, Mason Adams, Anita Morris, Michael Beck, Lane Smith,  Sam Bottoms, Wren T. Brown, James O'Connell,  Vanessa Brown, Lorna Patterson,  John Petlock
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/12/1989  12.  Smooth Operators
When a drunk is found dead in the alley, it raises a lot of questions. He was well dressed (but only one shoe) and had no id or money--a robbery or something else?
Director:  Anthony Pullen Shaw  Writer:  Gerald K. Siegel 
Guest starring:  Barney MartinDirk BenedictPeter Van Norden, Shirley Knight,  Nicolas CosterDennis PatrickEdward Winter, Lise Hilboldt, Michael McGrady,  Mario RoccuzzoStewart J. Zully, Greg Lewis, Rudy Challenger, Orlando Bonner, Brenneman Carroll
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/19/1989  13.  Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble
A very attractive young witch appears in Cabot Cove making some residents wonder if she really died a century or so ago.
Director:  Vincent McEveety  Writer:  Tom Sawyer 
Guest starring:  Juliana Donald,  Roddy McDowall, Bill Maher,  Christopher StoneBrad DourifBruce Gray, Patience Cleveland, Howard Schechter, Jane Marla Robbins,  Colin Campbell, Pat Crawford Brown,  Sally Hughes, Russell Nype, John J. York,  John Bryant, Dee Wallace Stone
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/26/1989  14.  From Russia ... With Blood
A purse snatcher gets Jessica in big trouble in Moscow. What they found in her purse shouldn't have been there.
Director:  Vincent McEveety  Writer:  Donald Ross 
Guest starring:  David McCallumJack Bannon, Anthony Geary,  Peter DonatJeremy KempJudy Parfitt, Adrian Zmed, Eve Brenner, Christina Cardan, Erik Silju,  Milos Kirek, Cristine Rose, Michael Chieffo, Oliver Darrow, John Lykes, Lazar
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    3/12/1989  15.  Alma Murder
An old English professor is caught red-handed over a young girl's body and insists he did it, but a young man later confesses. Whodunit?
Director:  Anthony Pullen Shaw  Writer:  Chris Manheim 
Guest starring:  Jason Beghe,  E.G. MarshallRalph WaiteJanice Rule, Dana Sparks, Dinah Shore,  Kate VernonLee De BrouxOwen Bush, Felicia Lansbury, Kerry Michaels, Robert Hackman, David Wilson
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    4/2/1989  16.  Truck Stop
Walter tells his story by way of black and white flashbacks which makes an interesting change from the usual. He has made a tape of the events that ended with his murder and we see the events unfold.
Director:  Vincent McEveety  Writer:  Philip Gerson 
Guest starring:  Mike Connors,  Ken Swofford, Elizabeth Ashley, Jill Schoelen,  Kristoffer Tabori, Andrew Prine,  Peter HaskellRon Karabatsos, Isaac Turner
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    4/9/1989  17.  The Sins of Castle Cove
A red hot novel, written by a former Fletcher student, seems to expose the small town's secrets and inspires murder. Julie Adams, Gloria DeHaven, Kathryn Grayson and Ruth Roman appear again as the local gossips.
Director:  John Llewellyn Moxey  Writer:  Robert Van Scoyck 
Guest starring:  Rosanna Huffman, Frederick Coffin,  Gloria DeHavenGraham JarvisKathryn GraysonRuth Roman, Joan Roberts,  Stuart NisbetLuke Askew, Page Hannah, Sally Klein, Fran Ryan
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    4/16/1989  18.  Trevor Hudson's Legacy
A small town editor in Montana threatens to claim in public that he is the real author of a dead man's manuscript.
Director:  Walter Grauman  / Eric Huston  Writer:  Paul Savage 
Guest starring:  Barrie Youngfellow,  Michael LearnedDon GallowayRobert Klein, Yvette Nipar,  Steve Forrest, Georgia Brown, Robin Strand,  David Bradley, Raymond Davis, Jay Horton
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    4/30/1989  19.  Double Exposure
In a strange case, Jessica bumps into an old friend who is supposed to be dead. His widow insists he is dead and Jessica hires Harry McGraw to investigate.
Director:  Anthony Pullen Shaw  Writer:  Robert Swanson 
Guest starring:  Christine Belford,  William Lucking, Jon Cypher,  Earl BoenRobert Alan Browne, Robert Hogan, John Furlong, Karen Morrow, Marty Davis, E. Danny Murphy, Jack Jozefson, Louise Fitch, Melanie Noble,  Louis Herthum, Wendy Hoffman, Joshua Peevyhouse, Justin Darby,  Barry O'Neill
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/7/1989  20.  Three Strikes, You're Out
A surprised burglar is blamed for the death of the team's pre-game TV Host.
Director:  Seymour Robbie  Writer:  Donald Ross 
Guest starring:  Beau BillingsleaTodd BryantBernie Casey, Rick Dean, Tim Dunigan,  Vince Edwards, Shea Farrell,  Anne Lockhart, Robert Mandan,  Paul Sorvino, Reni Santoni, Terri Garber, David James Elliott, Ed Hooks, Jake Jacobs, Roxanne Reese, Harry Woolf, Hank Robinson
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/14/1989  21.  Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall (1)
Jessica's old rival, Eudora, shows up with a smile and a gift, but everyone knows she is up to no good.
Director:  Vincent McEveety  Writer:  Peter S. Fischer 
Guest starring:  Jean SimmonsKen HowardShelley FabaresDavid HedisonDaniel McDonaldRichard AndersonRichard ErdmanWilliam Bryant, Ken Gerson, Robert Dryer, Edward Penn, Richard Wieand
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/21/1989  22.  Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall (2)
Eudora admits she stole Jessica's notes, but denies poisoning the apples she brought or murdering the detective who was following her.
Director:  Vincent McEveety  Writer:  Peter S. Fischer 
Guest starring:  Richard Anderson, Robert Dryer,  Shelley FabaresDavid HedisonKen HowardDaniel McDonald, Lisa Nelson, Edward Penn,  Jean Simmons
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Series Murder, She Wrote
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