Deadly Misunderstanding


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Aired:	September 23rd, 1990
Written By:	Robert E. Swanson
Directed By:	Anthony Pullen Shaw
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Created By:	Peter S. Fischer Richard Levinson & William Link
Executive Producers:	Peter S. Fischer
Producer	Anthony Magro Robert F. O'Neill Robert E. Swanson Robert Van Scoyk

Jessica tries to exonerate a temporary employee accused of her husband's murder.

This was Janet Margolin's final acting role before her death on December 17, 1993 at the age of 50.

Victim: Ralph Maddox

Killer: Rita Garrison

Cause of death: Stabbed with scissors

Motive: Realized Ralph didn't care for her and she was just one of several women he'd had affairs with.

Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher

Ron Masak as Sheriff Mort Metzger

Will Nye as Deputy Floyd

Joe Dorsey as Ben Devlin

Lise Cutter as Melissa Maddox

Geoffrey Lewis as Hank Crenshaw

Janet Margolin as Rita Garrison

David McCallum as Drew Garrison

David Oliver as Jeff Ogden

Mary Ann Pascal as Trudy Ludwig

Cliff Potts as Ralph Maddox

Bette Rae as Earnest Grandmother

Robina Suwol as Female Patron

David Chrisman as Young Intellectual