McBride: Tune in for Murder (TV 2005)

Director:

Stephen Bridgewater

Writers:

Dean Hargrove (creator), Jeff Peters

Stars:

John Larroquette, Marta DuBois, Matt Lutz

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Larroquette	...	Mike McBride
Marta DuBois	...	Sgt. Roberta Hansen (as Marta Dubois)
Matt Lutz	...	Phil Newberry
John Kapelos	...	Bob Carter
Frazer Smith	...	Ron Garrison
Jack Conley	...	Paul Belsen
Wren T. Brown	...	Kyle Ward
Bridget White	...	Leslie Summers (as Bridget Ann White)
John Kassir	...	Danny Doyle
Victor McCay	...	Ed Harding
Veronica Lauren	...	Patti
Tony Pasqualini	...	D.A. Wade Tracy
Monnae Michaell	...	Judge Daly
Steve Larkin	...	Dr. Charles Green
Kirk B.R. Woller	...	Fallon (as Kirk B. R. Woller)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

radio station | radio show host | district attorney | defense attorney | lawyer | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 August 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

McBride - Chi ha ucciso Ron?

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hallmark Entertainment, Alpine Medien Productions, Larry Levinson Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

McBride shows an encyclopedic knowledge of baseball, but says that Jim Palmer pitched World Series wins in the '70s, '80s, and '90s. Palmer pitched World Series wins in the '60s, '70s, and '80s.

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Connections

Follows McBride: The Chameleon Murder (2005)

User Reviews

Laroquette is great but oy, the script

The Hallmark mystery series needs better mysteries. This one, "Tune in for Murder" in the McBride series is rotten. I mean, the evidence -hello. So obviously fake.

John Laroquette is delightful as McBride, and I think he does a bit of ad-libbing as well, but this sort of thing is beneath him. It's definitely for the Perry Mason crowd and might be entertaining if they could spiff up the script some.

In this episode, a shock jock hated by all is murdered, and his nice guy partner is accused. McBride is brought in as the defense attorney for what his some time girlfriend, a homicide investigator portrayed nicely by Marta Dubois, claims is a slam-dunk case. She's got some nerve. McBride, of course, discovers plenty that the police missed.

Other episodes in the McBride series have been better. There is a nice device where, while someone is relating a past situation pertaining to the murder, McBride actually appears in the reliving, asking questions.

Unlike "Mystery Woman," the pace of McBride is okay, but if I were Laroquette, I'd ask for tighter scripts. I don't care how desperate a D.A. is for a conviction - even they wouldn't have accepted this evidence as the real thing.