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

Murder, She Wrote: Season 7
Universal (1990)
TV Series  /  Drama, Thriller, Crime
In Collection
#1533
0*
Seen ItYes
IMDB   7.1
1320 mins USA / English
DVD 
Angela Lansbury Jessica Fletcher
Ken Swofford Lt. Catalano
Will Nye Floyd
Hallie Todd Rhoda Markowitz
Ron Masak Sheriff Mort Metzger
Keith Michell Dennis Stanton
James Sloyan Robert Butler
Dee Wallace-Stone Ellen Wicker
Joe Dorsey Ben Devlin
Philip Baker Hall Len Costner
Jerry Orbach Harry McGraw
Leslie Easterbrook Vikki Palumbo
John Allen Nelson Tod Sterling
Vera Miles Charmaine Calloway Thompson
Tony Lo Bianco Phil Mannix
Richard Paul Mayor Sam Booth
Ed McCready Driver
David Cowgill Deputy
Fred Willard Lt. Phillips
Michael McKean Ross McKay
Director
Walter Grauman
Jerry Jameson
Vincent McEveety
John Llewellyn Moxey
Producer Peter S. Fischer
Robert F. O'Neill
Robert Van Scoyk
Robert E. Swanson
Writer Tom Sawyer
William Bigelow
Peter S. Fischer
Michael Scheff
Cinematography John Elsenbach
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    9/16/1990  1.  Trials & Tribulations
Jessica is blamed for the death of an escapee who was wrongly convicted.
Guest starring:  Michael Beck,  Molly CheekStephen Furst, Carrie Hamilton,  George HearnKim Hunter, Darlene Kardon, Molly McClure, Ron Tron, Richard Hoyt Miller, Jerry Tullos,  Gerry Okuneff, Joe Nesnow, Thom Keane, Richard Camphius, Lance E. Nichols, George Maharis, Ben Masters, Mary An
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    9/23/1990  2.  Deadly Misunderstanding
A young reporter is persuaded to help a typist alter the evidence and move her husband's body.
Director:  Anthony Pullen Shaw  Writer:  Robert Swanson 
Guest starring:  Lise Cutter, David Oliver,  Joe DorseyGeoffrey Lewis, Mary Ann Pascal,  David McCallumJanet Margolin, Cliff Potts, Bette Rae, Robina Suwol, David Chrisman
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    9/30/1990  3.  See You in Court, Baby
Jessica introduces this story of a lawyer with many enemies who is the victim and Dennis who must investigate.
Director:  Vincent McEveety  Writer:  Peter S. Fischer 
Guest starring:  Tom IsbellVera Miles, Charles Haid, Heidi Bohay,  Robert ReedJudith Chapman, Peter Kowanko,  Nana VisitorVictoria Boa, Christopher Halsted,  Alexander FolkEd McCready
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/28/1990  4.  Hannigan's Wake
A journalist died before finishing his book trying to show a man was unjustly convicted of murder 16 years ago. Jessica is asked to use his notes to finish his book.
Director:  Vincent McEveety  Writer:  Peter S. Fischer 
Guest starring:  Van JohnsonEfrem Zimbalist Jr., Anthony Geary, Cynthia Harris,  Raphael SbargeBradford DillmanGuy Stockwell, Mala Powers,  Emory Bass, LaReine Chabut, Johnny Crear, Kate Randolph Burns, Isaac Turner, Stephen Young
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/4/1990  5.  The Family Jewels
A wealthy woman's passion for jewellery, not always hers, and her involvement with the chauffeur might be connected
Director:  Jerry Jameson  Writer:  Tom Sawyer 
Guest starring:  Brenda Vaccaro, John Considine,  Mike Farrell, Jonna Lee, Howard McGillin, Charles Rocket, Stanley Kamel, Joey Aresco, Dick Davalos, Doug Mears, Deborah Benson, Pamela Roylance, Diana Lewis, Michael Halpin, Forrest Witt, Marcy Goldman
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/11/1990  6.  A Body to Die For
Eve is appalled to find the body of a friend of the local gym owner in her bedroom, but at a loss to explain it.
Director:  Anthony Pullen Shaw  Writer:  Donald Ross 
Guest starring:  Hugh O'Brian, Jason Beghe,  Sally StruthersRuta Lee, Alix Elias,  Joe DorseyJames OlsonErnie Lively, Patricia MacPherson,  Michele Bernath, Paul Lueken, Katherine Durish
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/18/1990  7.  The Return of Preston Giles
This time it is the company controller that seems to have been the victim of the previously convicted publisher.
Director:  Walter Grauman  Writer:  Tom Sawyer 
Guest starring:  Arthur HillMichael McKean, Brynn Thayer,  Gordon ThomsonLois ChilesGeorge CoeTodd Susman, Regina Leeds, Michael Eugene Fairman, Kriss Turner, Steven Connor,  Arlene Golonka
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/25/1990  8.  The Great Twain Robbery
Proving a burnt Mark Twain manuscript is a fake is the reason for a book expert's murder.
Director:  Jerry Jameson  Writer:  Steve Brown 
Guest starring:  David Birney,  Roy DotriceDiane Baker, Holly Gagnier,  Nehemiah Persoff, Lewis Dauber, Freddie Dawson, Russ Marin, Delana Michaels, Daniel Namath, Stephen Prutting, Susan Ware
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    12/2/1990  9.  Ballad for a Blue Lady
Jimmy Dean plays a country-music star who's the victim in this story.
Director:  Jerry Jameson  Writer:  William Bigelow 
Guest starring:  Blake Gibbons,  Jimmy DeanFlorence Henderson, Daphne Ashbrook,  Mickey GilleySheb Wooley, Gary Grubbs, Jeri Gaile, Brandon Maggart, Tom Hallick, John Christy Ewing, Marji Martin, Bob Swain, Cary J. Pitts
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    12/16/1990  10.  Murder in F Sharp
Jessica plays a tape sent to her by Dennis. Bad luck follows a famous concert pianist as he burns his hands and then loses his wife.
Director:  Kevin G. Cremin  Writer:  Bill Bigelow 
Guest starring:  Ricardo MontalbanPatricia NealStephen CaffreyMelinda CuleaJoe Dorsey, Dean R. Miller, Anne Gee Byrd, Aaron Heyman, John Kerry
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/6/1991  11.  Family Doctor
In Boston, Jessica and Seth are captured by the angry son of one of Seth's patients who didn't survive.
Director:  Walter Grauman  Writer:  Robert Van Scoyck 
Guest starring:  Linda Larkin, Newell Alexander, Vincent Irizarry, David Ciminello, Monte Markham, Rose Gregorio, Cynthia Bain, Diane Franklin, Joseph Cortese,  Tige AndrewsAmy YasbeckRobert Costanzo, William Utay, Michael Blue, Jay Hill, Howard George, Randall James Jeffries
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/20/1991  12.  Suspicion of Murder
Dennis is suspected in the murder of the husband of an old flame with whom he has been spending some time.
Director:  Vincent McEveety  Writer:  Peter S. Fischer 
Guest starring:  Susan Blakely, Dennis Cole,  Sam Bottoms, Robert Strand, James Sloyen, Adam Silber, Paul Keith, Ed Beechner,  Lenny Citrano, Robert Donovan, Judy Kerr, Dennis O'Sullivan,  John Arndt
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/3/1991  13.  Moving Violation
An influential father cuts no ice with Sheriff Metzger.
Director:  Anthony Pullen Shaw  Writer:  Robert Swanson 
Guest starring:  Susan Clark,  Jack ColvinLois De Banzie, Phyllis Franklin,  Robert Ginty, Suzanne Snyder, Britt Leach, David Lansbury, Barbara C. Adside, Daniel Ben Wilson, Jason Bo Sharon,  Harry GuardinoStephen MachtPhilip Baker Hall
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/10/1991  14.  Who Killed J.B. Fletcher?
A snoopy fan in Texas impersonates Jessica when she starts investigating a potential dog show scandal and Jessica is reported dead.
Director:  Walter Grauman  Writer:  Lynne Kelsey 
Guest starring:  Betty GarrettJane WithersJamie Rose, Max Baer, Tom Schanley,  Margaret O'BrienMarie WindsorTerry Moore, Janet Blair,  Earl HollimanDavid Cowgill, Jon Menick, Mario Machado, Rod Britt, Michael Leopard, Curt Booker, Marvyn Byrkett, Marc Marosi,  Lyman Ward
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/17/1991  15.  The Taxman Cometh
The owner of Edna's Pies near St. Louis, is accused of skimping on her IRS payments. She in turn blames her ex-husband who, consequently, is found murdered.
Director:  Anthony Pullen Shaw  Writer:  Donald Ross 
Guest starring:  Phyllis NewmanMacon McCalmanMax WrightGregg Henry, Roy Thinnes,  Kent McCord, Robin Dearden,  Fred Willard, Joan Crosby, Dominic Oliver, Greg Allan Martin, Annie O'Donnell, Larry Eisenberg, John Christopher
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/24/1991  16.  From the Horse's Mouth
An argument over stud fees ends in murder.
Director:  Jerry Jameson  Writer:  Gerry Day 
Guest starring:  Kevin McCarthyGregory WalcottPatricia Charbonneau, Debra Sandlund,  John Allen Nelson, Maxwell Caulfield, Melvin Belli, Nanette Fabray,  Robert Donner, Trisha O'Neil,  Helena Carroll, Michael Ayr,  Patricia Huston, Kathy Hartsell, Richard Balin, James Bartz
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    3/10/1991  17.  The Prodigal Father
A bank robber, long thought dead, returns to see his daughter and face the wrath of the townspeople.
Director:  Anthony Pullen Shaw  Writer:  Michael Scheff  / Mary Ann Kasica 
Guest starring:  Robert LansingClaudia ChristianDon Galloway, Kathleen Nolan,  Richard PaulDonnelly Rhodes, Larry Wilcox, Andrew Prine,  Abe Vigoda, Kathleen Nelson, Mindy Ann Martin,  Sarah Simmons, Gary Hollis, Mark Roberts,  Robin Gordon
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    3/17/1991  18.  Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy?
A locked room mystery with the missing ventriloquist's dummy found with the Club owner's corpse.
Director:  John Llewellyn Moxey  Writer:  Peter S. Fischer 
Guest starring:  Georgia Brown,  Leslie Easterbrook, Marty Ingels, Jim Metzler, Grant Shand, Lyle Waggoner, Grant Shaud, Teri Copley, Mike Jolly, David Stenstrom, James Sloyen, Jeffrey Jena, Jana Grant, Susan Welby, Matt McCarter
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    4/7/1991  19.  Thursday's Child
A woman turns up claiming that Jessica's late husband was the father of her child and he is in deep trouble involving fraud in his construction company and murder.
Director:  Anthony Pullen Shaw  Writer:  Robert Swanson 
Guest starring:  Vera Miles, Richard Gilliland, John Beck, Lindsay Frost,  Jennifer WarrenAlan Fudge, Martin Milner,  John AndersonPaul Gleason, Jim Boeke, Fredric Cook, S. Scott Bullock, Steven Novak,  Elven Havard
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    4/28/1991  20.  Murder, Plain & Simple
When Jessica visits the Amish to buy a quilt, she finds they are not immune to murder.
Director:  Vincent McEveety  Writer:  Chris Manheim 
Guest starring:  Hunt Block, Michael Sarrazin,  Jennifer Runyon, Arlen Dean Snyder, Todd Eric Andrews,  Jay RobinsonJohn IrelandEd McCready, Martha Byrne
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/5/1991  21.  Tainted Lady
The owner of a diner is accused of using too much 'spice' in the food, when someone finds arsenic.
Director:  Vincent McEveety  Writer:  Robert Van Scoyck 
Guest starring:  Nina FochMary Crosby, Marshall Colt, Gary Lockwood, Sam Freed,  Don SwayzeJack Kruschen, Laurie Prange, Javi Mulero, Karen Hensel, Peter Gregory, Dee Wallace Stone, Alan Baltes
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/12/1991  22.  The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane
The brewery family is angry when they find out the writer acting as spokesperson for them has written an expose.
Director:  Walter Grauman  Writer:  Tom Sawyer 
Guest starring:  Jameson Parker, Pat Harrington Jr.,  Alex Hyde-WhiteTony Lo BiancoLeslie Easterbrook, Michael McGrady, Tricia Long, Anthony Frank
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