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Writers (WGA):
Lyn Hamilton (novel)
Rosemary Anne Sisson (teleplay) ...
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Release Date:
9 May 2003 (USA) more
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Jessica Fletcher is off to solve another murder mystery, this time in Ireland. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Angela Lansbury ... Jessica Fletcher
Fionnula Flanagan ... Margaret Byrne

Sarah-Jane Potts ... Breeta Byrne
Peter Donat ... Eamon Byrne

Cyril O'Reilly ... Paddy Whelen

Lynn Wanlass ... Nora Flood

Timothy V. Murphy ... Inspector O'Dwyer

Joe Michael Burke ... Michael Davis

Andrew Connolly ... Tom Molloy

Geraldine Hughes ... Fiona Byrne
Helena Carroll ... Kitty Murphy

Sean Lawlor ... John Herlihy

William Morgan Sheppard ... Denny (as W. Morgan Sheppard)
Gerry Gibson ... Harry Ryan

Tegan West ... Mr. McCafferty
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USA:120 min (including commercials) | Brazil:88 min
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The way the testament was made was taken from The Last Gentleman (1934). more
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Factual errors: While the film is set in Ireland, the Garda (police) cars have Northern Irish registration plates (PIB XXX). more
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Wasn't This Show Canceled?, 27 May 2003
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Author: Chris Winston from Fairbanks, U.S. Territory of Alaska

Murder, She Wrote, the tv show, hasn't been on in awhile, right? New episodes that is. Therefore this isn't a new episode at all... but it sure felt like one. I never watched the TV series but I've seen other Made-for-TV Movies after a series has been canceled and they all felt like just another episode therefore they were really anything that special. This MOVIE wasn't that special, either. One thing I never got was the desire to visit the beautiful land of Ireland... I didn't think the scenery was prominently featured here. That was a good thing because exotic locations can often appear on film more like postcards and can detract from the story. Not so here. Ms. Fletcher blended in quite well. What was peculiar was how she was involved everytime the police were on the scene. Hmmm... I'll bet it was like that 1,000 times over the course of the series. Cops... Jessica. Cops... Jessica. That was quite monotonous and kind of ridiculous. Reminds me of The Dukes of Hazard, how the Duke boys were always getting into one fix or another, over and over, and the whole time they were living in a tiny rural county. Very monotonous. Interesting, though, was the relationship between the youngest character, Brita, and Ms. Fletcher. It was nice to see them getting along, Brita making Jessica feel welcome and the two of them solving the riddle together. Refreshing considering how pathetic that Fiona character was. Mucho daft but for the longest time I thought she was the bad guy so a good job in the writing with that. Overall, this was a pretty decent mystery. Angela Lansbury was fantastic as was Sarah-Jane Potts (I wish more of the movie featured her!) It didn't really have very much of a movie feel to it after the first few minutes or so but I still enjoyed it and hope Ms. Lansbury's in good enough health to make a new `episode' or two. My grade for this: B

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