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Stage Struck: Directed by John Astin. With Angela Lansbury, Shea Farrell, Bob Hastings, Don Most. The murder of the leading lady's understudy disrupts a play starring two previously married actors.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- John Astin
- 1986-12-14
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The murder of the leading lady's understudy disrupts a play starring two previously married actors.
This episode was directed by John Astin, who previously appeared in 3 episodes as Harry Pierce
Edward Mulhare last appeared in One Good Bid Deserves a Murder, where he played one of the victims.
Victim: Barbara Bennington
Killer: Julian Lord
Cause of death: Poisoned
Motive: Barbara was blackmailing him by threatening to reveal that Nicky Saperstein was his long ago abandoned son.
Regular Cast
Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher
Guest Stars
Shea Farrell as Larry Matthews Bob Hastings as Eddie Bender Donald Most as T.J. Holt Edward Mulhare as Julian Lord Christopher Norris as Pru Mattson Dan O'Herlihy as Alexander Preston Eleanor Parker as Maggie Tarrow John Pleshette as Nicky Saperstein John Schuck as Chief Merton P. Drock Ann Turkel as Barbara Bennington
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Jessica visits a rural revival of a play she was a part of with her late husband Frank and present stars Julian Lord and Maggie Tarrow. On opening night, something scares Maggie out of performing, and her understudy, Barbara Bennington, is killed by cyanide poisoning on stage.
The murder of the leading lady's understudy disrupts rehearsals of a play starring two previously married, but now warring, actors.
Dec 14, 1986 · Stage Struck. S3 E10: Jessica (Angela Lansbury) investigates the death of an understudy who dies onstage during opening night. Eleanor Parker, Edward Mulhare, Ann Turkel and Bob Hastings guest star.
Jessica probes the murder by poison of an ex-colleague's understudy (Ann Turkel), after the leading lady (Eleanor Parker) is unable to go on at a small-town theater.
