Angela Lansbury
Jessica Fletcher/Sarah McCullough
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May 2, 2001 · Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man: Directed by Anthony Pullen Shaw. With Angela Lansbury, Phylicia Rashad, Michael Jace, David Ogden Stiers. A disturbing link is made between Jessica Fletcher's (Dame Angela Lansbury's) family history and the death of a slave in the 1860s.
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- Anthony Pullen Shaw
- Not Rated
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (TV Movie 2001) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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Starring
1. Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher/ Sarah McCullough
Special Guest Star
1. Phylicia Rashad as Cassandra Hawkins
Guest Starring
1. Michael Jace as Samuel Pinckney 2. Taraji P. Henson as Bess Pinckney 3. David Ogden Stiers as Stanford Thornton 4. Madison Mason as Charles Hobbs 5. Tim Abell as Jeb McNell 6. Elizabeth Lackey as Mary Hobbs-Mercer 7. Mac Davis as Sheriff Underwood 8. Beth Grant as Louisa Ashland 9. Tim Dekay as Robert Mercer 10. Walton Goggins as Billy Weber 11. John Hostetter as Cornelius Ashland
Whilst attending a lecture in Culpepper, Virginia by Dr Cassandra Hawkins, Jessica learns that one of Cassandra's ancestors was a slave accused of murdering a white plantation owner on his wedding night, and the slave was owned by a woman named Sarah McCullough, an ancestor of Jessica. Cassandra is not convinced of her ancestor's guilt, and Jessica...
Victim: Robert Mercer, Samuel Pinckney Cause of Death: Gunshot Killers: Charles Hobbs (Robert), Jed Mcnell (Samuel) Motive: Robert was helping set slaves free with the underground railroad and Charles didn't want him setting them free: Samuel tried to escape with Bess and Jeremiah but Jed spotted him.
- 3 min
Release Date. 2001. Location. Los Angeles, California, USA. Technical Specs. Duration. 2h. TCM Emails. Sign Up. Jessica Fletcher attends a lecture in Virginia given by Dr. Cassandra Hawkins about the murder of a white plantation owner on his wedding night in the 1860s.
- Anthony Shaw
- Tim Dekay
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Watch Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man with a subscription on Prime Video. Jessica investigates the death of a slave who was accused of murdering a plantation owner in the 1860s.
- Anthony Shaw
- Angela Lansbury
The network also agreed to commission four Murder, She Wrote movies over the next few years. The first was South by Southwest (1997), with three more following as A Story to Die For (2000), The Last Free Man (2001), and The Celtic Riddle (2003).
Phylicia Rashad guests as a black author trying to see if she can vindicate her great-grandfather of murder. We view a tale of misery through slavery, the revelation of the Underground Railroad, as well as bigotry at its worst.
