Death Casts a Spell

Murder, She Wrote: Season One
Episodes: "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes" "Deadly Lady" "Birds of a Feather" "Hooray for Homicide" "It's a Dog's Life" "Lovers and Other Killers" "Hit, Run and Homicide" "We're Off to Kill the Wizard" "Death Takes a Curtain Call" "Death Casts a Spell" "Capitol Offense" "Broadway Malady" "Murder to a Jazz Beat" "My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean" "Paint Me a Murder" "Tough Guys Don't Die" "Sudden Death" "Footnote to Murder" "Murder Takes the Bus" "Armed Response" "Murder at the Oasis" "Funeral at Fifty-Mile"
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Production Information

Death Casts a Spell
Production Number:	59211
Aired:	30 December, 1984
Written By:	J. Miyoko Hensley Steven Hensley
Directed By:	Allen Reisner
Created By:	Richard Levinson William Link Peter S. Fischer
Executive Producer:	Peter S. Fischer
Producer	Robert F. O'Neill
Associate Producer	Mike Stevens

Summary

Jessica's deductive abilities are in demand when a flamboyant hypnotist turns up dead, behind locked doors, in front of an audience of journalists whom he had put into a trance.

Trivia

Victim: Cagliostro

Killer: Andy Townsend

Cause of Death: Stabbed in the back

Motive: To avenge his father's suicide, caused due to Cagliostro making Bud Michaels write an article about him, then suing him for libel.

Setting: Lake Tahoe

Goofs

Obvious stand-in for Jessica on the back of the motorcycle when chasing Regina Kellijian (Michelle Phillips ).

When they had a croupier from a neighboring casino to put Andy under hypnosis after he was taught what to say to Andy, Jess had brought up that Andy wasn't in a hypnotic trance, but yet, he wasn't wearing anything to not hear the voice of the croupier , so explain how he faked being under due to the croupier? Then this, they fed him the story of Sherri crashing her way in with a poker, with feeding him that story, then explain the crashing of the sliding-glass door with the poker if it was a story that was fed to Andy, given that it was shown that Jess had looked at it when examining the murder scene, I kind of doubt that Andy smashed it, because he would have used that as the weapon, then wiped it clean, put it back, & then use what he had stolen to use as the murder weapon would be futile to use that weapon, now wouldn't it?

Starring

Regular Cast

• Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher

Guest Stars

Robert Hogan as Lt. Bergkamp José Ferrer as Cagliostro Murray Hamilton as Bud Michaels Conrad Janis as Dr Yambert Brian Kerwin as Andy Townsend Robert Loggia as Joe Kellijian Mayf Nutter as Zack Bernard	Rance Howard as Fillmore Alex Rebar as Jay Colucco Diana Canova as Joan Germaine Elaine Joyce as Sheri Diamond Marylou Kenworthy as Liz Michelle Phillips as Regina Kellijian Dianne Turley Travis as Helsema

DVD Release

This episode was released with the other 21 episodes of the first season of Murder, She Wrote in a variety of formats.

Title	Release Date	Region
Murder, She Wrote: The Complete First Season	March 29, 2005	Region 1 (North America)
Murder, She Wrote: Season 1	August 29, 2005	Region 2 (Europe)
Murder, She Wrote: The Complete 1st Season	May 2, 2007	Region 4 (Australasia)

See Also

• Murder, She Wrote: Season One

External Links

• Death Casts a Spell at the Internet Movie Database