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"The Great Twain Robbery" is the eighth episode of the seventh season of Murder, She Wrote and its 140th episode overall. It aired on November 25, 1990.

Summary[]

An alleged Twain manuscript begets greed, deception, arson, and murder.

Starring[]

Regular cast[]

Recurring cast[]

Guest stars[]

  • Diane Baker as Anna Louise Barlow
  • David Birney as Lawrence Erlich
  • Roy Dotrice as Professor Chandler Fitzpatrick
  • Holly Gagnier as Lindsay Barlow
  • Nehemiah Persoff as Constantine Stavros
  • Lewis Dauber as The Duke Of Nonesuch
  • Freddie Dawson as Reporter #1
  • Russ Marin as Authenticator
  • Delana Michaels as Reporter #2
  • Daniel Namath as Maitre'D
  • Stephen Prutting as Sergeant Greg Oliver
  • Susan Ware as Newscaster
  • Jan Hoag as Book Lover

Trivia[]

  • Eleventh of 14 "Bookend" episodes in which Jessica only appears at the beginning to introduce them; the others are Murder in a Minor Key, The Grand Old Lady, Jack and Bill, Class Act, Good-Bye Charlie, Murder - According to Maggie, O'Malley's Luck, Always a Thief, The Sicilian Encounter & See You in Court, Baby. Also, the fourth of these episodes to feature a recurring character instead of a new one and the third with Dennis Stanton; the others are Always a Thief, The Sicilian Encounter (with Michael Haggerty), & See You in Court, Baby.
  • This is the first bookend episode in which Jessica is actually told the story, as opposed to relating it to the audience.
  • Keith Michel again receives the special credit above the episode title, as he did in the last episode he appeared.
  • The title is a pun on that of the Great Train Robbery (1903) a famous silent film.
  • The woman commenting on Jessica's new book in the beginning compares the protagonist to three famous gentleman thieves of fiction- Arsene Lupin, (from the books by Maurice Leblanc), A.J. Raffles (from the books by E.W Hornung, later adapted into several movies) & The Saint a.k.a. Simon Templar (from the stories by Leslie Charteris, later adapted into a 1962 TV series starring the late Roger Moore and a 1997 movie starring Val Kilmer).

Home media releases[]

Item Region Release date
Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Seventh Season Region 1 October 9, 2007
Murder, She Wrote: Season 7 Region 2 March 31, 2008
Murder, She Wrote: The Complete 7th Season Region 4 April 30, 2008

External links[]

Murder, She Wrote Episodes
Season 1
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
Season 2
Widow, Weep for Me • Joshua Peabody Died Here... Possibly • Murder in the Afternoon • School for Scandal • Sing a Song of Murder • Reflections of the Mind • A Lady in the Lake • Dead Heat • Jessica Behind Bars • Sticks and Stones • Murder Digs Deep • Murder by Appointment Only • Trial by Error • Keep the Home Fries Burning • Powder Keg • Murder in the Electric Cathedral • One Good Bid Deserves a Murder • If a Body Meet a Body • Christopher Bundy - Died on Sunday • Menace, Anyone? • The Perfect Foil • If the Frame Fits
Season 3
Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 1 • Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 2 • Unfinished Business • One White Rose for Death • Corned Beef and Carnage • Dead Man's Gold • Deadline for Murder • Novel Connection • Magnum on Ice • Obituary for a Dead Anchor • Stage Struck • Night of the Headless Horseman • The Corpse Flew First Class • Crossed Up • Murder in a Minor Key • The Bottom Line is Murder • Death Takes a Dive • Simon Says, Color Me Dead • No Laughing Murder • No Accounting for Murder • The Cemetery Vote • The Days Dwindle Down • Murder, She Spoke
Season 4
A Fashionable Way to Die • When Thieves Fall Out • Witness for the Defense • Old Habits Die Hard • The Way to Dusty Death • It Runs in the Family • If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly • Steal Me a Story • Trouble in Eden • Indian Giver • Doom with a View • Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder? • Harbinger of Death • Curse of the Daanav • Mourning Among the Wisterias • Murder Through the Looking Glass • A Very Good Year for Murder • Benedict Arnold Slipped Here • Just Another Fish Story • Showdown in Saskatchewan • Deadpan • The Body Politic
Season 5
J.B. as in Jailbird • A Little Night Work • Mr. Penroy's Vacation • Snow White, Blood Red • Coal Miner's Slaughter • Wearing of the Green • The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel • Prediction: Murder • Something Borrowed, Someone Blue • Weave a Tangled Web • The Search for Peter Kerry • Smooth Operators • Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble • From Russia... with Blood • Alma Murder • Truck Stop • The Sins of Castle Cove • Trevor Hudson's Legacy • Double Exposure • Three Strikes, You're Out • Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Part 1 • Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Part 2
Season 6
Appointment in Athens • Seal of the Confessional • The Grand Old Lady • The Error of Her Ways • Jack and Bill • Dead Letter • Night of the Tarantula • When the Fat Lady Sings • Test of Wills • Class Act • Town Father • Good-Bye Charlie • If the Shoe Fits • How to Make a Killing Without Really Trying • The Fixer-Upper • The Big Show of 1965 • Murder - According to Maggie • O'Malley's Luck • Always a Thief • Shear Madness • The Szechuan Dragon • The Sicilian Encounter
Season 7
Trials and Tribulations • Deadly Misunderstanding • See You in Court, Baby • Hannigan's Wake • The Family Jewels • A Body to Die For • The Return of Preston Giles • The Great Twain Robbery • Ballad for a Blue Lady • Murder in F Sharp • Family Doctor • Suspicion of Murder • Moving Violation • Who Killed J.B. Fletcher? • The Taxman Cometh • From the Horse's Mouth • The Prodigal Father • Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy? • Thursday's Child • Murder, Plain and Simple • Tainted Lady • The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane
Season 8
Bite the Big Apple • Night Fears • Unauthorized Obituary • Thicker Than Water • Lines of Excellence • Judge Not • Terminal Connection • A Killing in Vegas • The Committee • The List of Yuri Lermentov • Danse Diabolique • The Witch's Curse • Incident in Lot 7 • The Monte Carlo Murders • Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief • Ever After • To the End Will I Grapple With Thee • Programmed for Murder • Day of the Dead • Angel of Death • Badge of Honor • Murder On Madison Avenue
Season 9
Murder in Milan • Family Secrets • The Mole • The Wind Around the Tower • The Dead File • Night of the Coyote • Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice • The Classic Murder • A Christmas Secret • The Sound of Murder • Final Curtain • Double Jeopardy • Dead Eye • Killer Radio • The Petrified Florist • Threshold of Fear • The Big Kill • Dead to Rights • Lone Witness • Ship of Thieves • The Survivor • Love's Deadly Desire
Season 10
A Death in Hong Kong • For Whom the Bell Tolls • The Legacy of Borbey House • The Phantom Killer • A Virtual Murder • Bloodlines • A Killing in Cork • Love and Hate in Cabot Cove • Murder at a Discount • Murder in White • Northern Explosion • Proof in the Pudding • Portrait of Death • Deadly Assets • Murder on the Thirtieth Floor • Time to Die • The Dying Game • The Trouble with Seth • Roadkill • A Murderous Muse • Wheel of Death
Season 11
A Nest of Vipers • Amsterdam Kill • To Kill a Legend • Death in Hawaii • Dear Deadly • The Murder Channel • Fatal Paradise • Crimson Harvest • Murder by Twos • Murder of the Month Club • An Egg to Die For • The Scent of Murder • Death 'n Denial • Murder in High-C • Twice Dead • Film Flam • Murder a la Mode • The Dream Team • School for Murder • Another Killing in Cork • Game, Set, Murder
Season 12
Nailed • A Quaking in Aspen • The Secret of Gila Junction • Big Easy Murder • Home Care • Nan's Ghost: Part 1 • Nan's Ghost: Part 2 • Shooting in Rome • Deadly Bidding • Frozen Stiff • Unwilling Witness • Kendo Killing • Death Goes Double Platinum • Murder in Tempo • The Dark Side of the Door • Murder Among Friends • Something Foul in Flappieville • Track of a Soldier • Evidence of Malice • Southern Double-Cross • Race to Death • What You Don't Know Can Kill You • Mrs. Parker's Revenge • Death by Demographics
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