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A mystery episode of the crime drama series Murder, She Wrote, starring Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher. A man who claims to be a cosmetics tycoon is found dead on a beach, but his identity and motives are unclear.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Corey Allen
- 1984-10-07
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A TV episode of the mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher, who investigates a murder at a resort. See the full cast and crew credits, including writers, directors, producers, and more.
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It's choppy seas for a multi-millionaire who is swept off his yacht and killed during a hurricane. When Jessica tries to investigate, she becomes embroiled in a family storm of deceit and greed.
When a hurricane hits the area around Cabot Cove, a yacht sends out a distress signal. After the winds die down, the yacht, crewed by four sisters, is towed in. The sisters, Nancy "Nan" Earl, Maggie Earl, Lisa Earl Shelby, and Grace Earl Lamont, claim that during the storm their father Stephen Earlwas swept overboard by a wave. The same morning, a ...
Regular cast
1. Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher
Recurring cast
1. Tom Bosley as Sheriff Amos Tupper 2. Claude Akins as Ethan Cragg
Guest stars
1. Carol Swarbrick as Emma(Deputy Sheriff CCSD) 2. Howard Duff as Ralph/Stephen Earl 3. Doran Clark as Nancy Earl 4. Marilyn Hassett as Maggie Earl 5. Anne Lockhart as Grace Earl Lamont 6. Cassie Yates as Lisa Earl Shelby 7. Dack Rambo as Brian Shelby 8. Richard Hatch as Terry Jones 9. Tom Bower as Jonathan Bailey 10. John Petlock as Nils Anderson 11. Robert Beecher as Elias Cobb
This episode is the first to be set in Cabot Cove, and the first to feature Sheriff Amos Tupper.Guest stars Richard Hatch and Anne Lockhart previously appeared together in the TV series Battlestar Galactica(1978).Jessica Fletcher investigates a murder on a yacht during a hurricane in Cabot Cove. She uncovers a family scheme to fake the death of a millionaire and frame his daughter's ex-fiancé.
Jessica Fletcher befriends a hobo who turns out to be a wealthy industrialist murdered by his daughters. She uncovers the truth behind his death and the motives of his family.
The womens' stories about what happened on the boat change constantly, but once Ralph is found dead and later found to be Stephen Earl, Jessica has to help Amos wage through the inconsistencies in the four Earl daughters storylines to determine who killed their father and why.
Jessica Fletcher solves a murder mystery involving a wealthy man and his four daughters. The episode features tropes such as Faking the Dead, The Living Dead and You Just Told Me.
Oct 7, 1984 · Deadly Lady. S1 E3: Four daughters (Marilyn Hassett, Cassie Yates, Anne Lockhart, Doran Clark) claim their multimillionaire father (Howard Duff) was swept overboard from his yacht during a hurricane.
