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

Murder, She Wrote: Season 8
Universal Studios (1991)
TV Series  /  Comedy, Drama, Crime, Mystery
In Collection
#1534
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Seen ItYes
IMDB   7.1
1072 mins USA / English
DVD 
Angela Lansbury Jessica Fletcher
William Windom Dr. Seth Hazlitt
Louis Herthum Deputy Andy Broom
Ron Masak Sheriff Mort Metzger
Andrew Johnson Ahmed Shankar
Cliff De Young Mason Porter
Julie Adams Eve Simpson
Alan Oppenheimer Dr. Raymond Auerbach
Clement Von Franckenstein Nigel Atkins
Ismael 'East' Carlo Juan García
Lee De Broux Joe Hill
Marcia Cross Marci Bowman
Spiros Focás Constantin Kesmek
Eda Reiss Merin Dorothy Fremont
Lar Park-Lincoln Caroline Pryce
Mark Rolston Finn Dawley
William Atherton Prosecutor Andy Henley
Pat Hingle Zach Franklin
Austin Pendleton Barney Gunderson
Richard Portnow Lt. Walt Murphy
Director
Walter Grauman
Jerry Jameson
Chuck Bowman
Alexander Singer
Producer J. Michael Straczynski
Walton Dornisch
Mark A. Burley
David Moessinger
Writer Tom Sawyer
Peter S. Fischer
J. Michael Straczynski
Lawrence G. DiTillio
Cinematography Robert Seaman
Peter Salim
Musician Jeff Sturges

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    9/15/1991  1.  Bite the Big Apple
Jessica heads off to New York to begin teaching and has difficulty finding an apartment. She finally gets one that she likes, only to learn that a murder recently took place in the apartment complex and that someone desperately wants something that is inside her apartment. She's relieved when Seth comes to New York to check up on her, and enlists his help in cracking the case.
Director:  David Moessinger  Writer:  David Moessinger 
Guest starring:  Eugene Roche, John Considine,  Scott McGinnis, Rebeccah Bush, Andrew Brye, Liz Sheridan, Alan Feinstein,  Alexander Folk, David Schall, Darrell Harris, Claire Paradis,  Rosemary ForsythJay Acovone
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    9/22/1991  2.  Night Fears
Former policeman Wallace Evans, now a professor, challenges Jessica to a race to solve a series of muggings on campus, and the muggings soon escalate to murder.
Director:  Anthony Pullen Shaw  Writer:  J. Michael Straczynski 
Guest starring:  Roxie Roker, Wings Hauser,  Bobby HoseaTim Choate, John Lavachielli,  Alan Oppenheimer, Julie St. Claire,  Al PuglieseMary Pat Gleason, Alina Rosario, Kelle Korbel, Tony Darren, Leesa Bryte
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    9/29/1991  3.  Unauthorized Obituary
After Jane Dawson informs Jessica of her plans to write an unauthorized biography on her good friend Ellen Lombard, Ellen's husband Arthur comes under suspicion when Jane's sister and husband find her dead body electrocuted after a T.V. was dropped in her hot tub, and Arthur is seen leaving the house.
Director:  Walter Grauman  Writer:  Robert Swanson 
Guest starring:  Barbara Bain, Sam Behrens,  Bradford Dillman, Cathy Podewell,  David SpielbergAndrea ThompsonJessica Walter, Andrew Brye, Edward Penn, Edward Bell, Ron Recasner, Frank Telfer, Mark Phelan
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/6/1991  4.  Thicker Than Water
When his younger brother Wayne, the family's black sheep, becomes chief suspect in the murder of his employer, Sherrif Metzger relies on Jessica to help him keep his perspective about the case.
Director:  Anthony Pullen Shaw  Writer:  Larry DiTillio 
Guest starring:  Bruce Abbott,  Luke AskewPat Hingle, Ted Markland,  Louis Herthum, Kenny Davis, Carol Gustafson,  Marjorie Monaghan
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/3/1991  5.  Lines of Excellence
Teaching a computer class seems tame, but not when Jessica is one of the students.
Director:  Walter Grauman  Writer:  J. Michael Straczynski 
Guest starring:  Carmine Caridi, David Ciminello,  Charles CyphersCharles FrankAlan Fudge, David Groh,  Conrad Janis, Karen Kondazian,  Tricia O'NeilAlan Oppenheimer, Ivan Kane, Corinne Kason, Mary Valena Broussard, Geordie MacMinn
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/10/1991  6.  Judge Not
The death of a rhythm and blues legend and subsequent murder of his bass player reopen the 20-year-old unsolved murder of the musician's wife.
Director:  Chuck Bowman  Writer:  Gerald DiPego 
Guest starring:  William AthertonRandy BrooksOlivia ColeWilliam Lucking, Logan Ramsey, James Randolph,  Beah RichardsJulius Harris, Tony Ralph-Wilson, Bob Roitblat
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/17/1991  7.  Terminal Connection
Evidence points to the battered wife of a powerful businessman as his killer, but Jessica establishes that there is a ling list of suspects who wished him dead.
Director:  Walter Grauman  Writer:  Robert Swanson 
Guest starring:  Jameson Parker, Chad Everett, Lois Nettleton, Douglas Barr, Lisa Pelikan, Hank Stratton,  Steve Forrest, Kerrie Keane
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/24/1991  8.  A Killing in Vegas
Jessica stakes her life on slim odds when she investigates a murder.
Director:  Anthony Pullen Shaw  Writer:  Bruce Lansbury 
Guest starring:  David Soul, Howard Keel, Jeff Kaake,  Stephen Macht, Joan McMurtrey, Shelley Smith,  Andreas KatsulasRichard Portnow, Andrew Brye,  Bruce Gray, Lisa Melilli,  Connie Sawyer, Wendy Hoffman, Jal England, Jared Snyder, Amy O'Neill
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    12/1/1991  9.  The Committee
The governing committee of an exclusive men's club commissions Jessica to identify a rogue member's killer--who likely serves on the committee.
Director:  Jerry Jameson  Writer:  J. Michael Straczynski 
Guest starring:  John McMarin,  Norman LloydEdward WinterGeorge WynerRobin Thomas, Nicholas Pryor, James Sutoris, Robin Dearden,  John KapelosDarrell Zwerling, Marabina Jaymes, Geoffrey Infield,  Judy Jean Berns, Susan McWilliams, Elizabeth Kent, Randall James Jeffries
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    12/15/1991  10.  The List of Yuri Lermentov
Chance possession of a secret intelligence document lands Jessica in the center of an international web of intrigue and murder.
Director:  Anthony Pullen Shaw  Writer:  Tom Sawyer 
Guest starring:  Brian McNamara,  Theodore Bikel, Mitchell Ryan,  Richard BeymerJanet Julian, Spiros Focas, Louis Giambalvo, Nicholas Kadi, Gwendolyn J. Shepherd, David Starwalt, Michael Fawcett
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/5/1992  11.  Danse Diabolique
When a beautiful ballerina dies during her preniere performance in a new ballet, Jessica is convinced it is murder.
Director:  Alexander Singer  Writer:  Jo William Philipp 
Guest starring:  Marisa Berenson, Daniel Pilon, Adrian Paul, Robert Torti, Stephen Nichols, Nancy Valen,  Ernie Lively, Mark Costello, Lindy Nisbet, Anthony Gordon, Joe Weiss
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/12/1992  12.  The Witch's Curse
The thespians of Cabot Cove put on a play about a 17th century woman who cursed the town before she was executed as a witch.
Director:  Jerry Jameson  Writer:  Tracy Friedman 
Guest starring:  Mary CrosbyRobert Vaughn, Marian Seldes, Ed Nelson, Marian Mercer, Kerry Brennan, David Ackroyd,  Carole AndroskyLee De Broux, Linda Porter,  Louis Herthum, Linda Frasier
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/19/1992  13.  Incident in Lot 7
The Bates House of the movie, Psycho, is to be the setting of Jessica's book in the film made at Universal Studios.
Director:  Anthony Pullen Shaw  Writer:  J. Michael Straczynski 
Guest starring:  Ron Glass, Paula Prentiss,  Ron LeibmanStuart WhitmanHenry Gibson, Michelle Johnson, Daniel Bardol, Jackie Gayle, Lar Park Lincoln, Larry Carroll, Christina Rich
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/2/1992  14.  The Monte Carlo Murders
Jessica is brought into the case of a murdered financier and the theft of his wife's diamonds in Monaco.
Director:  Jerry Jameson  Writer:  Bruce Lansbury 
Guest starring:  Patrick BauchauDina Merrill, David Birney, Neil Barry,  Ian OgilvyBo Hopkins, Lise Hilboldt, Victor Touzie, Gustav Vintas, Reuven Bar-Yotam,  Jon Rashad Kamal, Diane Manzo, Scott Strohmyer,  Maryam d'Abo
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    3/1/1992  15.  Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief
No one wants to believe that Jessica found a body in her hotel suite in London and they don't want her to believe it, either.
Director:  Peter Salim  Writer:  Robert Swanson 
Guest starring:  Lloyd BochnerTrevor EveNick Tate, Kenneth Danziger,  Derrick O'Connor, Kim Braden,  Guy Doleman, Sharon Maughan,  Peter DennisClement Von Franckenstein, Sandy Allison, Diana Webster, Laurie Main, Elizabeth Anne Smith, Richard A. Davies
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    3/8/1992  16.  Ever After
A real life soap opera involves a soap star, her co-star, and the victim--her millionaire husband.
Director:  Anthony Pullen Shaw  Writer:  Robert Van Scoyck 
Guest starring:  Kate MulgrewTony RobertsKevin McCarthy, Marj Dusay,  Marcia Cross, Mitchell Whitfield, John Di Santi,  Nada Despotovich, Michael McGrady, Andrew Brye,  Eda Reiss MerinRobert Alan Browne, Richarson Morse, Maurice Hill, Elain Welton Hill, Justin Dipego
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    3/15/1992  17.  To the Last Will I Grapple with Thee
All of Jessica's intuitive and deductive skills are called into play when she sets out to clear a university colleague of a murder charge.
Director:  Walter Grauman  Writer:  J. Michael Straczynski 
Guest starring:  George HearnRichard Lynch, John Karlen,  Mark Rolston, Sharon Mahoney, Cameron Dye,  Cliff Gorman, Matthew Saks, Melissa Samuels, Michael O. Smith, Donald Nardini, Ken Gerson, Dana Craig
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    4/5/1992  18.  Programmed for Murder
There is something strange about a software expert's sudden death from bleeding ulcers that just doesn't compute.
Director:  Jerry Jameson  Writer:  Tom Sawyer 
Guest starring:  Hunt Block,  Alex Hyde-White, Judith Hoag, Boyd Gaines,  Will Lyman, Stacy Ray, Tony Fields,  Judith Chapman, Amy Moessinger
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    4/26/1992  19.  Day of the Dead
The theft of a priceless artifact from Mexico City museum leads Jessica into a labyrinth of clues, where murder is the fact behind the Mask of Montezuma.
Director:  Anthony Pullen Shaw  Writer:  Mark A. Burley 
Guest starring:  James CoburnGregory Sierra, Tomas Milan,  Miriam Colon, Grant Cramer, Kamala Lopez Dawson,  Ismael 'East' CarloAlex ColonMike MoroffShelley MorrisonGeno Silva, Manual Cabral, Ruben Amavieca, Cynthia Lee Santos
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/3/1992  20.  Angel of Death
While Jessica is in Carmel, California, consoling a well-known playwright haunted by his wife's suicide, another family member is murdered.
Director:  Walter Grauman  Writer:  Robert Swanson 
Guest starring:  Austin PendletonDarren McGavin, Doran Clark, Maria Mayenzet, Ken Kercheval,  Sondra CurrieNoble Willingham, Michael Canavan, Ray Reinhardt, Stephen Bogardus
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/10/1992  21.  Badge of Honor
Jessica intervenes when a long-lost Army buddy of her friend Seth is accused of murder.
Director:  David Moessinger  Writer:  David Moessinger 
Guest starring:  Robert Lansing, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Tony Becker,  Daniel DavisGail O'Grady, Pamela Susan Shoop, Cliff DeYoung, Douglas Rowe, Tom Nibley, Charles C. Stevenson Jr., Arlee Reed, John C. Tuell
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/17/1992  22.  Murder on Madison Avenue
Jessica plays a real-life version of her own murder mystery board-game when the toy company she's working with becomes the scene of the crime.
Director:  Jerry Jameson  Writer:  Bruce Lansbury 
Guest starring:  Barbara BabcockJohn Hillerman, Joel Fabiani, David Lansbury, Harley Venton, Caroline Williams, Hallie Foote,  Leo RossiJohn PetlockBen Slack, Zale Kessler, Robert Ackerman, Shannon Fill
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