Sudden Death


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[]

Sudden Death

Production Number:	59217
Aired:	3 March, 1985
Written By:	Robert E. Swanson
Directed By:	Edward M. Abroms
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 suddenly must learn all about football when she inherits an interest in a professional team.

Trivia[]

The book the man at the front desk is reading is one of Jessica's.

Takes place in New Mexico, evidenced by the 505 area code on the retirement van at the beginning of the episode and the New Mexico license plate on the hearse.

Both David Doyle and Warren Berlinger worked together on Charlie's Angels (1976).

The trivia item below may give away important plot points.
When Jessica is telling the murderer how she caught him, she explains that she planted a false clue, hoping he'd take the bait. She had him searching for a brass button which supposedly came off his blazer. Jessica says, "This really wasn't an original idea. When I was in Los Angeles, a button actually did trip up a killer." She's referring to the crime in "Hooray for Homicide" season 1, episode 4.

Victim: Phil Kreuger

Killer: Web McCord

Cause of death: Drowning.

Motive: He wanted to own the team, but Phil refused to sell his shares.

Goofs[]

When Jessica is interpreting her discussion with Zach's daughter, she incorrectly uses the word 'love' when the word that is signed is 'like'.

When Jessica turns off the water for her bath she finds a button she's missing on the bottom of the tub. She reaches her left arm into the water to pick it up. Someone is at the door and when Jessica goes to answer it, she dries her right arm with a towel, not her left.

Starring[]

Regular Cast[]

Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher

Guest Stars[]


Tim Thomerson as Lt. Clyde Pitts John Beck as Web McCord Warren Berlinger as Pat Patillo Dick Butkus as Tank Mason David Doyle as Brad Lockwood Caitlyn Jenner as Zak Farrell Gary Lockwood as Harris Talmadge	Allan Miller as Phil Kreuger Albert Lord as Baxter James McEachin as Grover Dillon Elizabeth Savage as Mavis Kreuger Jan Smithers as Kathy Farrell Marcianne Warman as Jill Farrell

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[]

Sudden Death at the Internet Movie Database