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User Rating:
6.1/10   17 votes
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Director:
Lou Antonio
Writers:
Gordon Cotler (writer)
Harry Kemelman (novel)
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Release Date:
17 June 1976 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Mystery | Crime | Drama more
Plot:
An Irish Catholic police chief and a Jewish rabbi join together to solve the murder of a housekeeper whose body was discovered by the front entrance of the rabbi's synagogue. | add synopsis
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Clean, light-hearted fun ... and a murder to investigate too more (1 total)

Cast

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Art Carney ... Police Chief Paul Lanigan
Stuart Margolin ... Rabbi David Small
Janis Paige ... Kate Lanigan
Janet Margolin ... Miriam Small
Lorraine Gary ... Myra Galen
Robert Reed ... Morton Galen

Andrew Robinson ... Willie Norman
Jim Antonio ... Jim Blake

David Sheiner ... Al Becker
Barbara Carney ... Bobbi Whittaker
Robert Doyle ... Osgood
William Wheatley ... Stanley
Steffen Zacharias ... Basserman
Barbara Flicker ... Mrs. Blake

Don Keefer ... Mr. Kogan
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
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Runtime:
120 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Heyday Productions more

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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Track of the Moon Beast (#11.7)" (1999) more

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3 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
Clean, light-hearted fun ... and a murder to investigate too, 16 May 2003
Author: dennis-35 from San Francisco Bay Area

This is an easy-going, light-hearted murder mystery.

There is an amazing chemistry between the Rabbi (Stuart Margolin) and the rabbi's wife (his actual wife). The Police Chief (Art Carney) also has the benefit of having his wife in the movie.

The victim died at the Synagogue. Her purse was in the Rabbi's car, a cute scandal.

If it comes on, try to see it.

This was the pilot for the revolving mystery series (McCloud, Columbo, etc.).

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