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Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest (1997) [NR]

Featuring:
Angela Lansbury, Ray Baker, Cliff Bemis

Written by:
Peter S. Fischer
Richard Levinson
William Link

Directed by:
Anthony Pullen Shaw


Release Date:
November 2, 1997

Original Title:
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

Alternate Titles:
La Signora in Giallo - Vagone letto con omicidio
Mord ist ihr Hobby: Eine Zeugin verschwindet
На юг через юго-запад

Genres:
Mystery | TV Movie

Production Companies:
Corymore Productions
Studios USA
Universal Television

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 100

It began as a cross country train trip. It became a Federal case-- of murder!

Overview from TheMovieDB

Jessica Fletcher searches for a woman who witnessed the murder of a man trying to expose a serious flaw in a top-secret government satellite code.

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Overview from Open Movies

Jessica Fletcher is on a train headed for El Paso. She shares a table in the dining car with a woman who subsequently vanishes, leaving her purse on the table. Then a message is announced for the woman and Jessica accepts it. This leads to an attack in her compartment and a demand for 'it'. She has no idea what 'it' is and is rescued by a man claiming to be a journalist. The plot thickens. She is warned away by an FBI man, but continues to follow her clues to Agua Verde where the woman apparently lives. The plot twists and turns as she delves deeper in a most devious mystery.

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Rankings and Honors

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest (1997) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 7.2/10
Awards Won: 3 nominations total

Performers

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Production

Art Direction:
Mary Dodson

Boom Operator:
Glenn Young

Costume Design:
Eilish Zebrasky

Costume Supervisor:
Amy Stofsky

Costumer:
Cheri Reed

Director:
Anthony Pullen Shaw

Director of Photography:
Stevan Larner

Editor:
Stan Cole

Executive Producer:
David Shaw

First Assistant Director:
Kevin Corcoran

Foley Artist:
Tim Chilton

Hairstylist:
Gloria Montemayor

Makeup Artist:
Vera Yurtchuk
Robin Beauchesne

Music Editor:
Sherry Whitfield

Orchestrator:
Frank Macchia

Original Music Composer:
Van Dyke Parks

Producer:
Anthony Pullen Shaw

Production Design:
Hub Braden

Property Master:
Bryan Rodgers

Second Assistant Director:
Martha L. Mericka

Second Second Assistant Director:
Algric Leo Chaplin

Set Decoration:
Ellen Totleben

Sound Editor:
Bob Costanza

Sound Mixer:
Brian Bidder

Stunt Coordinator:
Rocky Capella
John Moio

Stunts:
Bret Kiene

Supervising Producer:
Mark A. Burley

Supervising Sound Editor:
Joe Melody

Unit Production Manager:
Robert D. Simon

Writer:
Mark A. Burley
Derek Marlowe

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