"Appointment in Athens"
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Len Cariou [ Michael Hagarty ], R.J. Adams [ Father Markopulos ], Richard Todd [ Col. Alec Scofield ], Ian Ogilvy [ Harold Baines ], Thom Christopher [ Dimitri Popadopalous ], Peter Van Norden [ Henryk Stuyvesant ], Steve Inwood [ Sgt. Petrakas ], June Chadwick [ Pamela Drake ], Sybil Lines [ Madge ], John McCafferty [ Laddie ], Miguel Marcott [ Airline Clerk ], Thom Keane [ Hotel Clerk ], Anthony Gordon [ Le Bon ], George Zaver [ Bellhop ], Rosie Malek-Yonan [ Levant Clerk ]
Jessica's old friend, Michael Hagarty, persuades her to play a part in his scheme to free a fellow agent from captivity.
b: 24 Sep 89 pc: 65309 w: Tom Sawyer d: Vincent McEveety
"Seal of the Confessional"
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Hunt Block [ Father Barnes ], Madlyn Rhue [ Doris West ], Jennifer Runyon [ Kelly Barrett ], Robert Horton [ Jack Hutchings ], Lance Kerwin [ Eddie Frayne ], Bonnie Bartlett [ Nurse Marilyn ], Alan Feinstein [ George Woodward ], Jon Cedar [ Evan West ], Jerry Potter [ Joe ], Mimi Cozzens [ Jimmie ], Steve Peterson [ Investigator ], Kathy Christopherson [ Girl ], Cal Evans [ Boy ]
A parishioner's confession to a priest is confidential and nothing will make him break his oath.
b: 1 Oct 89 pc: 65301 w: Lynne Kelsey d: Vincent McEveety
"The Grand Old Lady"
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June Havoc [ Lady Abigail Austin ], John Karlen [ Lt. Martin McGinn ], Gary Kroeger [ Christy McGinn ], Robert Vaughn [ Edwin Chancellor ], Gordon Thomson [ Maj. Daniel McGuire ], Mark Lindsay Chapman [ Paul Viscard ], Dane Clark [ Henri Viscard ], Joan McMurtrey [ Eleanor Cantrell ], Donald Craig [ Nicholas Crane ], Henry Polic II [ Arthur Bishop ], James Stephens [ Special Agent Lenehan ], Paxton Whitehead [ Captain Oliver ], Aubrey Morris [ Mr. Bellows ], Wolf Muser [ Peter Daniken ], Floyd Levine [ Garry Krumnoltz ], Derek Partiridge [ Doctor ], Gregg Binkley [ Copy Boy ], Joi Staton [ Nurse ], Lisa Ryan [ Woman ], Michael Douglas Scott [ 2nd Officer ], Terry Sheppard [ Bus Boy ]
When a famous mystery writer dies, Jessica recalls a 1947 case that the writer was personally involved in.
b: 8 Oct 89 pc: 65305 w: Peter S. Fischer d: Vincent McEveety
"The Error of Her Ways"
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Elliott Gould [ Lt. Hanna ], Barbara Parkins [ Kay Weber ], Paul Gleason [ Sterling Rose ], Susan Blakely [ Pauline Byrne ], Marilyn Jones [ Linda Dixon ], Marshall Thompson [ Ward Silloway ], Kathy Cannon [ Marian Randall ], Louis Herthum [ Off. Kruger ], Terrence Beason [ Fontana ], Peter MacLean [ Alden ], Thomas H. Middleton [ Doctor ], Elvia Allman [ Elderly Lady #1 ], Monty Bane [ Private Detective ], Ruth C. Engel [ Elderly Lady #2 ], Robin Gordon [ Employee ], Edmund L. Shaff [ Banker #1 ], Bob Roitblat [ Police Sergeant ], Duane Williams [ Drunk ], John Tayloe [ Actor ], Claudio Dunkelman [ Andy ], Courtney Sonne [ Brenda ]
When the wife of a developer is accused of killing her husband and commits suicide, it leaves the whereabouts of his embezzled millions a mystery.
b: 15 Oct 89 pc: 65311 w: Donald Ross d: Anthony Shaw
"Jack & Bill"
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Ken Howard [ Bill Boyle ], Pat Harrington Jr. [ Lt. Lou Brickmann ], Max Baer [ Johnny Wheeler ], Courtney Sonne [ Brenda Brickman ], Elizabeth Sung [ Lip Reader ], Ellen Travolta [ Mona ], Glynn Turman [ Earl Browder ], Rose Protillo [ Maria ], Susan Anton [ Cynthia ], Roseanna Huffman [ Marge ], Bob Roitblat [ Police Sgt. ], Whitney Rydbeck [ Hastings ], Nate Esformes [ President Ruiz ], Greg Lewis [ Shorty ], Milt Oberman [ Vet ], Carlos Cervantes [ Heavy #1 ], Duane Whitaker [ Drunk ], Alexander Polk [ Cricket ], Dennis Madalone [ Heavy #2 ], John Tayloe [ Man in Film ], Viola Cates Stimpson [ Elderly Lady ], Paul Lyell [ Cop ], Warren Berlinger [ Mr. Sugarman ], Lisa Donaldson Bowman [ Sportscaster ], Jessie Scott [ Beautiful Young Thing ], Sandra Cornwall [ Beauty #1 ], Marji McKelvey [ Beauty #2 ]
A former athlete cares for a friend's dog and, after his friend is murdered, finds the dog is a target.
b: 29 Oct 89 pc: 65312 w: Peter S. Fischer, Chuck Bowman d: Chuck Bowman
"Dead Letter"
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Susan Anspach [ Lois Fricksey ], Peter Fox [ Ron Stiller ], George Furth [ Fred Owens ], Max Gail [ Stanley Holmes ], Robin Riker-Hasley [ Connie Kowalski ], Al Waxman [ Carl Wilson ], Jonathan Goldsmith [ Bud Fricksey ], Rosemary De Camp [ Agnes ], Kevin Bourland [ Everett ], Richard Riehle [ Aaron ], Stuart Nelson [ Jack ], Steve Bean [ Young Man ], Lynn Clark [ Young Girl ]
An unsent letter turns up in an old bureau bought at a rummage sale the same day arson occurs in a furniture store. Are these events connected?
b: 5 Nov 89 pc: 65302 w: Peter Schiffen d: Anthony Shaw
"Night of the Tarantula"
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Shani Wallis [ Olivia Waverley ], Patrick Massett [ Adam Waverley ], James Lancaster [ Mark Waverley ], Nancy Valen [ Selina Waverly ], Hurd Hatfield [ Jean-Pierre Dusant ], Cheryl Arutt [ Michelle Dusant ], Ji-Tu [ Calder Williams ], Grand L. Bush [ George Gordon ], John Rhys-Davies [ Harry Waverly ], Obaka Adedunyo [ Dr. Hayes ], Darrow Igus [ Sgt. James ], J. Christopher Sullivan [ Servant ]
A voodoo curse of death caused by the marriage of a plantation heir to the wrong person, sets off a string of events in Jamaica.
b: 12 Nov 89 pc: 65310 w: Chris Manheim d: Vincent McEveety
"When the Fat Lady Sings"
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Theodore Bikel [ Rosanno Bertolucci ], Carol Lawrence [ Silvana Bertolucci ], Lila Kaye [ Teresa Mancini ], Kathleen Beller [ Maria Deschier ], Jerry Stiller [ Lt. Sidney Bimbaum ], Walter Olkewicz [ Howard Bergmann ], Mark Herrier [ Barry Sanderson ], James Short [ Lou Faraday ], Leo Damian [ Giorgio Russo ], Tom Tarpey [ Doctor ], Tom Kendall [ Stage Manager ], Tom Van Hoof [ Special Agent Dixon ], David E. Elliott [ Paramedic ]
The backstage activities are more exciting than the opera as a famous tenor suffers a heart attack after a shooting.
b: 19 Nov 89 pc: 65304 w: Peter S. Fischer d: Walter Grauman
"Test of Wills"
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Gene Barry [ Henry Reynard ], Cassie Yates [ Valery Reynard ], Keir Dullea [ Jason Reynard ], Marj Dusay [ Alice Reynard Carson ], Jill Carroll [ Kimberly Reynard Carson ], John Callahan [ Preston Howard ], Philip Abbott [ Dr. Hubbard Dabney ], Morgan Woodward [ Sheriff Brademus ], Curt Lowens [ Mr. Forest ], Jeremy Roberts [ Sgt. Stokley ], H. Ray Huff [ Pilot ], Victoria Boothby [ Mrs. Forest ]
A wealthy lumberman invites Jessica to his island retreat to discover which of his relatives is trying to kill him.
b: 26 Nov 89 pc: 65303 w: Robert E. Swanson d: Anthony Shaw
"Class Act"
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Barry Newman [ Lt. Jake Ballinger ], Lise Hilboldt [ Elizabeth Mills ], Grant Heslov [ Bernie Berndlestein ], Robert Pine [ Sen. Andrew Grainger ], Robert Lipton [ Colin Hale ], Gerald S. O'Laughlin [ Capt. Joe Rawlings ], Hallie Todd [ Moira McShane ], Heather McAdam [ Jane Ballinger ], Garry Walberg [ Sam Kendall ], Christina Hart [ Sister Maria ], Gloria Cromwell [ Anna Gunderson ], Robert Casper [ Dean Howard Cogden ], Brett Stimely [ Patrolman ], William Brocktrop [ Young Man ], Elinor O'Connell [ Joanne Summerfield ], Robin Clarke [ Secretary ], Vicki Lynne Davis [ Grainger's Secretary ], Holly Clark [ Girl ]
A homicide detective is farmed out to teach a class. His opening speech reduces his class to two. Together they work on a special 'closed' case as their term project.
b: 3 Dec 89 pc: 65316 w: Peter S. Fischer d: Allen Reisner
"Town Father"
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Basil Hoffman [ Milton Overguard ], Lee Purcell [ Annie Mae Chapman ], Holland Taylor [ Winifred Thayer ], Ruth Roman [ Loretta Spiegel ], Kathryn Grayson [ Ideal Malloy ], Gloria DeHaven [ Phyllis Grant ], John Considine [ Horton Thayer ], Orson Bean [ Ebenezer ], Sally Klein [ Corinne ], Phyllis Franklin [ Mabel ], Charlie Woolf [ Fulton ], Courtenay McWhinney [ First Lady ], Sheila Pinkham [ Second Lady ], Barbara Perry [ Party Guest ], William Lanteau [ Howard ]
Bachelor Mayor Sam Booth is challenged by a pro-development candidate in an election that's murder, especially for a woman who shows up claiming Sam fathered her five children.
b: 17 Dec 89 pc: 65306 w: Philip Gerson d: John Llewellyn Moxey
"Goodbye Charlie"
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Bill Maher [ Frank Albertson ], Faith Ford [ Sunny Albertson ], Michael Callan [ Bart Mahoney ], Lise Cutter [ Tilly Bascomb ], Bryan Cranston [ Jerry Wilbur ], Ronny Graham [ Clarence ], David Huddleston [ Sheriff Ten Eyck ], John Finnegan [ Charlie ], Clyde Kusatsu [ Coroner Jack Kimoto ], Ernie Lively [ Jake ], Robin Bach [ Lon Ainsley ], Tessa Richarde [ Doreen ], Scott Palmer [ Raymond Fleischer ], Stanley Grover [ Businessman ], Lisa Melilli [ Marcia Mae Bailey ], Don Brunner [ Coach Lyle Coogan ], Elizabeth Holmes [ Bimbo ]
Three sets of people try to claim the body found on the railroad track--a nephew, a daughter and a wife. Jessica narrates this story.
b: 7 Jan 90 pc: 65307 w: Robert Van Scoyck d: Anthony Shaw
"If the Shoe Fits"
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Season Hubley [ Maria Bryce ], Jonathan Brandis [ Kevin Bryce ], Bridget Hanley [ Gloria Franzen ], John Harkins [ Owen Brownwell ], Kiel Martin [ Danny Snow ], Lorna Luft [ Patsy Dumont ], Bruce Glover [ Jack Franzen ], Teri Ralston [ Lydia Johanson ], Paige Pengra [ Lee McAdam ], Edwina Moore [ Nurse ], Dane Winters [ Post Office Clerk ]
The son of a factory worker, who struggles to make ends meet, is charged with murdering their lecherous landlord, who had made life difficult for them.
b: 21 Jan 90 pc: 65324 w: Lynne Kelsey d: Anthony Shaw
"How to Make a Killing Without Really Trying"
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Farley Granger [ Jermome Ashcroft ], Morgan Brittany [ Candice Ashcroft ], Lela Ivey [ Norma Pulaski ], Joe Maruzzo [ Rudy Bianco ], Edd Byrnes [ Sid Hooper ], David Groh [ Gordon Tully ], Barry Van Dyke [ Buddy Black ], Kevin Tighe [ Lt. Moynihan ], John Calvin [ Philip Royce ], Tony Brafa [ Gino ], Vinny Argiro [ Super ], Connie Danese [ Receptionist ], Rob Narita [ Forensics Man ], Nigel Gibbs [ Policeman ]
Jessica is trying to learn to invest, but this wasn't the best day for it.
b: 4 Feb 90 pc: 65313 w: Robert E. Swanson s: Charles Leinenweder d: Walter Grauman
"The Fixer-Upper"
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Genie Francis [ Victoria Griffin ], Dean Butler [ Howard Griffin ], George Maharis [ Alec Burton ], Dack Rambo [ Arnold Hastings ], Vicki Frederick [ Claire Hastings ], Ken Olandt [ Kevin Tarkington ], Brenda Vaccaro [ Didi Blair ], Marty Ingel [ Seymour Densch ], Chad Everett [ Det. Lt. Redick ], Jo de Winter [ Deborah Tarkington ], Andrea King [ Housekeeper ], Robert Rigamonti [ Director ], Carol Swarbrick [ Wife ], David Stenstrom [ Husband ], Jonathan Palmer [ Alf ], Murray Leaward [ Doctor ], Sally Camplin [ Woman Client ], Mitchell Edmonds [ Buyer ], R.J. Adams [ Rent-A-Cop ]
Jessica's niece, who is a real estate broker, arrives at the mansion and finds a body instead of a buyer.
b: 11 Feb 90 pc: 65315 w: Oliver Hailey s: Paul Schiffer d: John Llewellyn Moxey
"The Big Show of 1965"
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Donald O'Connor [ Barry Barnes ], Sheldon Leonard [ Bulldog Kowalski ], Anne Francis [ Lee Haley ], Connie Stevens [ Marge Haley ], Elaine Joyce [ Cathy Haley ], Gavin MacLeod [ Art Sommers ], Don Most [ Ozzie Gerson ], Joy Garrett [ Sharon King ], Michael Cole [ Lt. John Meyerling ], Jeff Yagher [ Scott Fielding ], Timothy Williams [ Sid Lyman ], John Rubinow [ Joel Roth ], Kim Strauss [ Richie King ], Isabel Cooley [ Head Nurse ]
Twenty five years after a show in which a stabbing occurred, the cast is reunited and a mystery woman reappears, seeming to accuse Barry.
b: 25 Feb 90 pc: 65319 w: Robert Van Scoyck d: Jerry Jameson
"Murder--According to Maggie"
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Diana Canova [ Margaret Mary McCauley ], Dwayne Hickman [ Brian Thursday ], Talia Balsam [ Julie Pritzer ], Leann Hunley [ Dana Darren ], Bruce Kirby [ Andy Butler ], Tim Thomerson [ Bert Rodgers ], Paul Kreppel [ Leo Kaplan ], Denis Arndt [ Lt. Vincent Palermo ], Gary Sandy [ Keith Carmody ], Miriam Flynn [ Harriet Duval ], Tom Troupe [ Director ], Ann Guilbert [ Harriet De Vol ], Ben Slack [ Burnsie ], Greg Norberg [ Phil Dooley ], Vince Howard [ Projectionist ], Ron Steelman [ Door Cop ], Myles O'Brien [ Uniformed Cop #1 ], Paul Ganus [ Uniformed Cop #2 ]
The producer of a police drama investigates the murder of a programmer who differed with her.
b: 4 Mar 90 pc: 65314 w: Peter S. Fischer d: John Llewellyn Moxey
"O'Malley's Luck"
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Pat Hingle [ Lt. James O'Malley ], Ron Leibman [ Roland Trent ], James Carroll Jordan [ Paul G. Abbott ], Stacy Edwards [ Off.Frances Xavier Rawley ], Nicholas Pryor [ David Kingston ], Pamela Bowen [ Cindy Marsh ], Carolyn Seymour [ Alice Montrose ], Eileen Barnett [ Gretchen Trent ], Howard Schechter [ Detective Rush ], Tiiu Leek [ Female Reporter ], Brian Avery [ Male Reporter ], Stacy Edwards [ Ofc. Frances Xavier Rawley ], Steve Whiteford [ Male Reporter ], Jay Acovone [ Sgt. Gorella ], Philip Sterling [ Captain ], Francesca P. Roberts [ Ruth ], Valerie Redding [ Female Reporter ]
An Irish detective does not believe the death of a real estate mogul was suicide.
b: 25 Mar 90 pc: 65308 w: Lynne Kelsey s: Gerald K. Siegel d: Michael J. Lynch
"Always a Thief"
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Dina Merrill [ Monica Douglas ], Roscoe Born [ Lanny Douglas ], Lisa Blount [ Andrea Douglas ], Shirley Knight [ Grace Lambert ], Ed Nelson [ Ray Bascomb ], Chris Mulkey [ Joey Freeman ], Aharon Impalé [ Mahmoud Amini ], Jill Jaress [ Deidre ], Marco López [ Pedro ], Virginia Hawkins [ Housekeeper ], Mitch Hara [ Photographer ], E.E. Bell [ Delivery Man ], Richard Newton [ Judge Cooksey ]
Insurance investigator Dennis Stanton, who uses his skills as an ex-thief to solve crimes, returns to investigate a theft and two murders.
b: 8 Apr 90 pc: 65322 w: Peter S. Fischer d: Walter Grauman
"Shear Madness"
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Shirley Jones [ Anne ], Robert Walker Jr. [ George Owens ], Doris Roberts [ Helen Owens ], Barbara Babcock [ Rosemary Taylor ], Linda Grovenor [ Meg Taylor ], William Lucking [ Sheriff Barnes ], Sandy McPeak [ Bill Spencer ], Dennis Christopher [ Dr. Henry Carson ], Bryan O'Byrne [ Rev. Simmons ], Yolanda Lloyd [ Caterer ], Loren Blackwell [ Nathan Rollins ], Cody Glenn [ Policeman ], Freyda Thomas [ Coquette ], Ann Marie Gillis [ Mother ], Jon Huffman [ Hearty Mate ], Joseph Gordon-Levitt [ Boy #1 ], Ben Ryan Ganger [ Boy #2 ], Daniel Bryan Cartwell [ Bus Driver ]
Jessica's cousin is left waiting at the church when her fiancée is murdered in a similar fashion to a murder 15 years ago for which her brother was blamed.
b: 29 Apr 90 pc: 65318 w: Chris Manheim d: Walter Grauman
"The Szechuan Dragon"
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Debbie Zipp [ Donna Fletcher ], David Warner [ Justin Hunnicut ], Belinda Bauer [ Carla Thyssen ], James Lew [ The Cambodian ], Ramon Bieri [ Nick Zavakis ], Elinor Donahue [ Connie Lewis ], Bernie Coulson [ Stanley Lewis ], Cliff Osmond [ Kris Karas ], Gordon Ross [ Captain Malachi ], Maura Spencer-Reed [ Phoebe ], Doug Duval [ Fred ]
While Jessica vacations, her nephew and his pregnant wife enjoy house-sitting--until the body of a strange sea-faring man appears on the livingroom floor.
b: 9 May 90 pc: 65317 w: Tom Sawyer d: Kevin G. Cremin
"The Sicilian Encounter"
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Ian Ogilvy [ Peter Baines ], Deidre Hall [ Claudia Carboni ], George DiCenzo [ Mario ], Vincent Baggetta [ Antonio ], Ralph Manza [ Father Anselmo ], Daniel Trent [ Barton ], Daniel Douglas Anderson [ Korshack ], Ralph DeLia [ Pilot ], Anthony DeFonte [ Tailor ], Stephen Poletti [ Bank Clerk ], Marianne Bergonzi [ Woman ], Gina Minervini [ Maid ], Jovin Montanaro [ Bellman ], Joseph Cali [ Gino Carboni ], Len Cariou [ Michael Hagarty ], Robert Miranda [ Gino Carboni ], John Standing [ Chief Daniel Trent ], James Garrett [ Llewellyn ], Steve Natoli [ Waiter ]
Michael Hagarty is involved in a case in Sicily which has many twists and turns including the Mafia.
b: 20 May 90 pc: 65326 w: Robert E. Swanson d: Kevin G. Cremin