Murder Is Easy

• Director: Claude Whatham
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• Genre: Mystery
• Movie Type: Detective Film
• Themes: Murder Investigations, Amateur Sleuths
• Main Cast: Bill Bixby, Olivia de Havilland, Helen Hayes
• Release Year: 1981
• Country: US
• Run Time: 100 minutes

Plot

Murder Is Easy is one of a multitude of 1980s TV movies based on the novels of Agatha Christie. Bill Bixby stars as an American investor, vacationing in England. While on a train, Bixby strikes up a conversation with the seemingly dotty Helen Hayes, who insists she's en route to Scotland Yard with evidence pertaining to three murders. When Ms. Hayes is herself killed, Bixby finds himself heading to the village of Wychwood Under Ashe to investigate the killings on his own. In a twinkling, both Bixby and lovely villager Lesley-Ann Down find themselves the principal suspects. Olivia De Havilland is also among the highly suspicious guest stars in Murder is Easy. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Patrick Allen - Major Horton; Shane Briant - Dr. Thomas; Olivia de Havilland - Honoria Waynflete; Lesley-Anne Down - Bridget Conway; Helen Hayes - Lavinia Fullerton; Freddie Jones - Constable Reed; Leigh Lawson - Jimmy Lorrimer; Jonathan Pryce - Mr. Ellsworthy; Ivor Roberts - Vicar; Anthony Valentine - Abbot; Timothy West - Easterfield; Bill Bixby - Luke Williams; Patrick M. Wright

Credit

Claude Whatham - Director, Gerald Fried - Composer (Music Score), Brian Tufano - Cinematographer, David L. Wolper - Producer, Stan Margulies - Producer

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