Funeral at Fifty-Mile


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[]

Funeral at Fifty-Mile

Production Number:	59226
Aired:	21 April, 1985
Written By:	Dick Nelson
Directed By:	Seymour Robbie
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 has to unravel the secrets and threats at the funeral of a friend in Wyoming.

Trivia[]

William Windom, who played Dr. Seth Hazlett in most of the series and appeared more than any other person, appeared first as a guest star in Murder, She Wrote: Funeral at Fifty-Mile (1985), as Sam Breen, a small-town lawyer.

Victim: Carl Mestin

Killer(s): Sam Breen, Tim Carver, Bill Carmody & Doc Wallace.

Cause of death: Accidentally hung after his horse was scared by lightning.

Motive: To prevent him from changing the beneficiary of his will.

Goofs[]

As Jessica walks into the Sheriff's station, she is wearing knee-high brown boots. When the sheriff leaves, she is wearing gray pumps.

When Jessica is walking to the barn after talking to Doc when he is peeling an Apple, she is in boots. When they switch scenes to show her behind the barn walking, she is in heels.

At the end of the funeral scene, a large microphone can be seen sticking up from behind the pickup truck while moving back and forth to follow the actors' dialog.

After the discovery of the body hanging in the barn, as Jessica climbs down from the loft, the cables supporting the hanged actor can be seen, as well as there being no noose around his neck.

Starring[]

Regular Cast[]

Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher

Guest Stars[]


Cliff Potts as Sheriff Ed Potts Noah Beery Jr. as Doc Wallace J.D. Cannon as Bill Carmody Clu Gulager as Carl Mestin Donald Moffat as Tim Carver Jeff Osterhage as Art Merrick	William Windom as Sam Breen Efrain Figueroa as Hay-Soos Brooke Alderson as Alice Kathleen Beller as Mary Carver Edith Diaz as Emma Stella Stevens as Sally Mestin

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[]

Funeral at Fifty-Mile at the Internet Movie Database