Town Father


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Aired: December 17th, 1989
Written By: Philip Gerson
Directed By: John Llewellyn Moxey
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Created By: Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson & William Link
Executive Producers: Peter S. Fischer
Producers: Robert E. Swanson & Robert Van Scoyk

Scandal abounds during election time in Cabot Cove when the Mayor is reputed to have a secret wife who comes to confront him with murderous results.

Final acting project for both Ruth Roman and Kathryn Grayson.

Victim: Annie Mae Chapman

Killer: Winifred Thayer

Cause of death: Gunshot

Motive: Revenge for Annie Mae having an affair with her husband Horton.

Angela Lansbury as Angela Lansbury

Julie Adams as Eve Simpson

Gloria DeHaven as Phyllis Grant

Kathryn Grayson as Ideal Molloy

Richard Paul as Mayor Sam Booth

William Windom as Dr. Seth Hazlitt

John Considine as Horton Thayer

Basil Hoffman as Milton Overguard

William Lanteau as Howard McGuire

Holland Taylor as Winifred Thayer