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"Murder, She Wrote" (1984)Original Air Date:
24 February 1985 (Season 1, Episode 15)Plot:
While highly respected P.I. Archie Miles, who even teaches at the police academy, is working on the old Danbury scalpel murder case... more | full synopsisUser Comments:
Slick Take-off moreCast
(Episode Credited cast) | Angela Lansbury | ... | Jessica Fletcher |
 | John Furey | ... | Larry King |
| John McMartin | ... | Gavin Daniels |
 | Jerry Orbach | ... | Harry McGraw |
| Gerald S. O'Loughlin | ... | Ray Kravitz |
 | Alex Rocco | ... | Ernie Santini |
| Fritz Weaver | ... | Judge Lambert |
| Paul Winfield | ... | Det. Lt. Starkey |
 | Floyd Levine | ... | Archie Miles |
 | Conrad Bachmann | ... | Office Manager |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Barbara Babcock | ... | Priscilla Daniels |
| Jana Brown | ... | Receptionist (as Janna Brown) |
| Nancy Grahn | ... | Erin Carey |
| Rosanna Huffman | ... | Connie Miles |
 | Tina Lifford | ... | Leora Cargill |
| Margery Nelson | ... | Alma Leonard |
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*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
I just recently saw this episode for the first time in a long time. It is the first episode in which Jerry Orbach appears as private detective Harry McGraw.
Jessica is researching an old murder case and uses the services of McGraw's detective agency 'Miles & McGraw' to help her uncover new information in said case and, as usual, she is drawn into a murder mystery which she helps to solve.
The bit that really struck me is the similarity of Harry's detective agency to that of Humphrey Bogart's in 'The Maltese Falcon'. On the TV show, the agency is called 'Miles & McGraw' and Harry's partner, Archie Miles, is killed in the first few minutes. In the Bogart movie, the detective agency is called 'Spade and Archer' and the partner's first name is Miles and he is killed in the very beginning of the film.
This episode is also a chance for any General Hospital (or Santa Barbara) fan to see a very young Nancy Lee Grahn in a bit part.
All in all, an engaging episode.