Jessica investigates when a wealthy yachtsman is murdered two days before a big race, and the daughter of his rival is charged with the crime.Jessica investigates when a wealthy yachtsman is murdered two days before a big race, and the daughter of his rival is charged with the crime.Jessica investigates when a wealthy yachtsman is murdered two days before a big race, and the daughter of his rival is charged with the crime.
- Sheriff Mort Metzger
- (as Ron Másak)
- Freddie Huff
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaThis show is the first of four to run in the program's long-established Sunday night time slot. CBS programming head Leslie Moonves had moved the show to Thursdays in an obvious attempt to kill it, which he did - but the shows he tried on Sunday drew catastrophically low ratings. With the May "sweeps" ratings period coming up and the CBS affiliated stations screaming for his head, he gave in and attracted what viewers he could get.
- GoofsIn the first scene in the lounge of Captain Ned Larkin, the pendulum of the glass-fronted grandfather clock is seen to be stationary. In the second scene in his lounge, the pendulum is missing from the clock altogether, only to return in the third scene set there, where it is once again stationary. (Since scenes in film and TV shows are shot out of sequence, it's common practice for clocks on set to be stopped, rather than have the clock's hands jump back and forth.)
- Quotes
[first lines]
Captain Ned Larkin: I want to get all the speed I can out of Free Spirit tomorrow.
Bill Richards: Captain Larkin, a video camera like this mounted on the mainmast is the best way to determine depth, draft, angle of attack, even...
Captain Ned Larkin: Bill, I've been racing for 45 years and I've got me a better way.
Bill Richards: Like what, Captain?
[Ned shines a flashlight on his eyes]
Captain Ned Larkin: You're looking into them right now.
- ConnectionsFeatures Beautiful People (1974)
- SoundtracksMurder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison
It seems like Getz seduced and impregnated Forrest's daughter Andrea Parker some years ago and she gave birth to his son, something Getz's wife Kate Hodge never managed to do. Getz has made a whole lot of other enemies in business and sport, but it's Parker who sheriff Ron Masak says looks good for the crime.
As usual it's Jessica Fletcher who comes up with the solution here and it's someone who Getz also spurned. Outstanding performances here by Andrea Parker as the wronged woman and Getz as one nasty customer.
- bkoganbing
- Jul 3, 2017