Footnote to Murder


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

Footnote to Murder

Production Number:	59221
Aired:	10 March, 1985
Written By:	Robert Swanson
Directed By:	Peter Crane
Created By:	Richard Levinson William Link Peter S. Fischer
Executive Producer:	Peter S. Fischer
Producer	Robert F. O'Neill
Associate Producer	Mike Stevens

Summary

An unpublished manuscript is stolen and its author murdered during an awards convention.

Trivia

The characters of "Helmsley Post" -an aggressively macho writer of war stories - and "Adrian Winslow" - a waspish, perhaps homosexual author of historical novels - may be intended as outrageous caricatures of the real-life writers Norman Mailer and Gore Vidal, whose long-standing literary feud had been very much in the news shortly before this was filmed. The name "Post" for the Mailer character is another clue.

Future series Regular as Cabot Cove Sheriff Mort Metzger, Ron Masak appears as Lt. Meyer in this episode.

After the cancellation of the MSW series (1984-1996), creators William S. Fischer and William Link rehire Ron Masak for a brief appearance in their famous made for television "Columbo" movies. Masak can be seen in the "Ashes to Ashes" Columbo episode dated 10/08/98.

This is the first murder where it was an accident and done in self-defense.

Victim: Hemsley Post

Killer: Debbie Delancey

Cause of death: Stabbed in the chest with Horace Lynchfield's trick umbrella.

Motive: Self-defense after he attempted to force himself on her.

Starring

Regular Cast

Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher

Guest Stars


Ron Masak as Lt. Meyer Pat Harrington Jr. as ADA Mel Comstock Vincent Baggetta as Frank Lapinski Kenneth Mars as Hemsley Post Robert Reed as Adrian Winslow Paul Sand as Horace Lynchfield	John Brandon as Ernie Talia Balsam as Debbie Delancey Morgan Brittany as Tiffany Harrow Constance Forslund as Lucinda Lark Diana Muldaur as Alexis Post

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)

External Links

Footnote to Murder at the Internet Movie Database