Production Information[]
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| Aired: February 24th, 1991 | |
| Written By: Gerry Day | |
| Directed By: Jerry Jameson | |
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| Created By: Peter S. Fischer
and Richard Levinson & William Link |
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| Executive Producers: Peter S. Fischer | |
| Producers: Anthony Magro
Robert F. O'Neill Robert E. Swanson Robert Van Scoyk |
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Summary[]
Jessica travels to Kentucky to visit the horse breeding ranch of her friends, Diana & Tod Sterling. Their neighbor, Lamar Morgan, is disputing the offspring caused by Diana's father, Randolph's stud horse, King Paragon. When Randolph himself ends up dead in the horse's pen, Jessica recruits her old friend Harry McGraw to help solve the case.
Trivia[]
Second episode to deal with horse related business; the first was Dead Heat, although that was about horse racing, not breeding.
Victim: Randolph Sterling
Killer: Derek Padley
Cause of death: Beaten repeatedly with cane.
Motive: He learned that King Paragon was not the real horse, but his brother, whom Derek had disguised as the real one.
Starring[]
Regular Cast[]
Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher
Recurring Cast[]
Jerry Orbach as Detective Harry McGraw
Guest Stars[]
Melvin M. Belli as Judge Charley Harley
Maxwell Caulfield as Derek Padley
Patricia Charbonneau as Diana Sterling
Robert Donner as Sheriff Tyrone McKenna
Nanette Fabray as Emmaline Bristow
Kevin McCarthy as Randolph Sterling
Tricia O'Neil as Althea Mayberry
John Allen Nelson as Tod Sterling
Debra Sandland as Dr. Christie Morgan
Gregory Walcott as Lamar Morgan
Co-Stars[]
Helena Carroll as Martha Jane Stokes
James Bartz as Justin King
Michael Ayr as Attorney Mark Mason
Patricia Huston as Edie
Kathy Hartsell as Young Woman
Richard Balin as Coroner