Night of the Headless Horseman

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Aired: January 4th, 1987
Written By: R. Barker Price
Directed By: Walter Grauman
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Created By: Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson & William Link
Executive Producers: Peter S. Fischer
Producer: Robert F. O'Neill

Summary

Jessica is in the wrong place at the right time to help her friend Dorian Beecher when he is accused of a murder he didn't commit.

Trivia

The title refers to the Headless Horseman, the ghost that rides through Washington Irving's story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and chases the schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane.

Re-united here are Doug McClure and Guy Stockwell who previously co-starred in two movies: Beau Geste (1966) and The King's Pirate (1967).

Victim: Nate Findley

Killer: Dr. Penn Walker

Cause of death: Stabbed in neck with dental pick.

Motive: Anger over Nate causing the death of Walker's former girlfriend Gretchen, and his callous dismissal of her death.

Starring

Regular Cast

Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher

Guest Stars

Thom Bray as Dorian Beecher

Karlene Crockett as Sarah Dupont

Judy Landers as Bobbie

Hope Lange as Charlotte Newcastle

Doug McClure as Sheriff Sam Rankin

Charles Siebert as Dr. Penn Walker

Guy Stockwell as Dorn Van Stotter

Fritz Weaver as Edwin Dupont

Barry Williams as Nate Findley

Brandon Douglas as Todd Carrier