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"The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel" is the seventh episode of the fifth season of Murder, She Wrote and its 95th episode overall. It aired on December 18, 1988.
Summary[]
Jessica is summoned to California where a recently recovered Air Force plane could pin a decades-old murder on her dead husband, Frank.
Starring[]
Regular cast[]
Recurring cast[]
- Dale Robertson as Lee Goddard
Guest stars[]
- Michael Ansara as Nicholas Rossi
- Jane Greer as Bonnie Phelps
- Clifton James as Ray Dressler
- Martin Milner as Clint Phelps
- Richard Roundtree as Major Kevin Cooper
- Robin Strasser as Sylvia Gagliano
- Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Gen. Marcus Havermeyer
Trivia[]
- The vintage "Dixie Damsel", one of the few "Air Fortresses" still in mechanical order for flight, was flown into Burbank from where the airplane is berthed in Idaho State.
- Second episode where Jessica solves a years old murder with no additional recent murder; the first is The Days Dwindle Down.
- First appearance of Lee Goddard, who will only appear in this, and the subsequent episode.
- Lee Goddard was played by Dale Robertson but his name did not appear in the credits of either episode due to a disagreement regarding MSW policy of alphabetical listing of guests. Robertson stated he'd rather not have any credit.
- Only time we see Jessica's deceased husband Frank, albeit in black & white newsreel footage.
Home media releases[]
Item | Region | Release date |
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Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Fifth Season | Region 1 | January 30, 2007 |
Murder, She Wrote: Season 5 | Region 2 | July 23, 2007 |
Murder, She Wrote: The Complete 5th Season | Region 4 | November 21, 2007 |
Murder, She Wrote: Seasons 1 - 5 | Region 2 | October 22, 2007 |
External links[]
- "The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel" at the Internet Movie Database