Summary[]
Murder, missing persons, and the Kennedy assassination are all part of the mysteries Jessica must face to solve both an old murder and a new one.
Starring[]
Regular cast[]
- Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher
Recurring cast[]
- Wayne Rogers as Charlie Garrett (Debut Appearance)
Guest stars[]
- Lonny Chapman as Frank Hemet
- Julian Christopher as FBI Agent James Whitman
- Ben Masters as Chief Gillis
- Stewart Moss as Dr. Desmond Abner Farrow
- Linda Purl as Laura Ann Callan
- Al Ruscio as Santo Angelini
- John Petlock as Michael
- Webster Williams as Hal Frederick
- Kevin Quigley as Bernie Callan
- Tom Alan Robbins as Assistant Manager
- Jason Stuart as Motel Manager
- Dennis Paladino as Bartender
- Martin Goslins as Houseman
Goofs[]
- As everyone was looking for some negatives of photographs taken in 1963, Private Investigator Charlie Garrett (Wayne Rogers) stated that he received them back then bearing a postmark of November 25, 1963. That was the day of John F Kennedy's funeral in which then President Johnson proclaimed across the country, schools, businesses, and government offices closed in observance of the day of mourning. This included the post office which could not have produced a cancellation for that date.
- This episode is unique in that justice is not served: The mobsters who had Oswald kill Kennedy are clearly middlemen for someone else, and they are themselves killed before they can say who that person or persons is. The Kennedy assassination remains unsolved. However, it has been proven that Oswald did not act alone, so perhaps the public scandal could lead to a new official investigation in which the masterminds behind the JFK assassination are finally brought to justice. So justice is not necessarily off the table. Then this: the fictional characters in this episode wasn't even an inkling back in 1963, given that MSW was brought forward to be seen 22 years later, would hardly have the fictional characters from this episode to be in photos before this series as given the go-ahead, now would it?