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Deadline for Murder: Directed by Seymour Robbie. With Angela Lansbury, Katherine Cannon, Gretchen Corbett, Harry Guardino. A veteran reporter who suffered a heart attack says his best medicine would be the removal of his publisher.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Seymour Robbie
- 1986-11-16
May 9, 1995 · Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan: Directed by Joyce Chopra. With Elizabeth Montgomery, Yaphet Kotto, Audra Lindley, Joe Flanigan. Inspired by the the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning, Miami-based journalist, Edna Buchanan, who investigates the murder of a man with ties to the Miami mafia.
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- Crime, Drama
- Joyce Chopra
- 1995-05-09
Feb 26, 2022 · Inspired by the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning, Miami-based journalist, Edna Buchanan, who investigates the murder of a man with ties to the Miami mafia. Addeddate 2022-02-26 22:59:34
- 92 min
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- Starring
Murder, She Wrote: Season One
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Episodes:
A veteran reporter who suffered a heart attack says his best medicine would be the removal of his publisher. Jessica gets involved after the man ends up dead.
This was the first of two appearances by Harry Guardino as Jessica's reporter friend Haskell Drake.
Victim: Lamar Bennett
Killer: Billy Simms
Cause of death: Cerebral hemorrhage due to spiked pills.
Regular Cast
Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher
Guest Stars
Katherine Cannon as Eleanor Revere Gretchen Corbett as Lt. Alyssa Caruso Harry Guardino as Haskell Drake Tim O'Connor as Walter Revere Ken Olin as Perry Revere Peter Mark Richman as Lamar Bennett Eugene Roche as Billy Simms William Smith as Clyde Thorson Glynn Turman as Stan Lassiter Sydney Walsh as Kay Garrett
Inspired by the the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning, Miami-based journalist, Edna Buchanan, who investigates the murder of a man with ties to the Miami mafia.
- Joyce Chopra
- Elizabeth Montgomery
A veteran reporter, who suffered a heart attack, says his best medicine would be the removal of his publisher who has turned a good paper into a yellow rag.
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (television) Two-hour television movie; aired on CBS on May 9, 1995. A crime reporter for the Miami Herald, Edna Buchanan, is on the beat to find out who killed alleged mobster Johnny Cresta, who had been attempting to bring legalized gambling to town. Directed by Joyce Chopra.