Hooray for Homicide

Episode aired Oct 28, 1984
TV-PG
47m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

750

YOUR RATING

Melissa Sue Anderson and Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Crime Drama Mystery

Jessica protests when her book is turned into a tacky B-grade horror movie, and winds up as the prime suspect when producer Jerry Lydecker is murdered with a blunt instrument.Jessica protests when her book is turned into a tacky B-grade horror movie, and winds up as the prime suspect when producer Jerry Lydecker is murdered with a blunt instrument.Jessica protests when her book is turned into a tacky B-grade horror movie, and winds up as the prime suspect when producer Jerry Lydecker is murdered with a blunt instrument.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

750

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Jessica reveals in this episode that the "B" in J.B. Fletcher stands for Beatrice.

Goofs
When Jessica hands Marta the water, she thanks her in a whisper, the scene repeats and Jessica hands her the water again from a wider angle. The last sentence Marta speaks before this occurs does not match her lip movements.

Quotes
Marta Quintessa: Sorry to bring this up, but shouldn't someone tell our star that her star-maker has gone to his Maker?

Connections
References Halloween (1978)

Soundtracks
Murder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison

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Review

Featured review

7/10

....wait you can't put whisky with Diet Coke? How dare she!!

Jessica is outraged to learn that her first novel 'The Corpse danced at Midnight is to be made into a cheap slasher movie. She sets off for Hollywood to confront director Jerry Lydecker, but after spending a little disgruntled time on the set, she discovers a body.

This is a pretty good episode, one that builds on the wonderfully named book, The Corpse danced at midnight, such a catchy title. It's believable that Jessica would want to intercede in the production of that film, very much in keeping with her character.

Particularly nice production values, the sets look great. Well acted as always, John Saxon does a particularly good job making Jerry such a dislikeable character. John Astin feels a little underused, appearing as Ross, it wouldn't be long before he'd return as regular Harry.

I would like to take issue with the words of Jessica Fletcher, not putting whisky with Diet Coke, I beg to differ :-)

A good episode with a few nice twists. 7/10