Rehearsal for Murder

• Director: David Greene
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• Genre: Mystery
• Movie Type: Whodunit
• Themes: Actor's Life, Amateur Sleuths
• Release Year: 1982
• Country: US
• Run Time: 96 minutes

Plot

Richard Levinson and William Link serve up another Thinking Man's murder mystery with the made-for-television Rehearsal for Murder. Playwright Robert Preston is on the verge of marrying glamorous film star Lynn Redgrave. But a scant few hours after her Broadway debut, Redgrave is found dead, an apparent suicide. Convinced that Redgrave was murdered, Preston contacts the most likely suspects and assembles them in an empty theatre, ostensibly to read through his latest play. But Preston locks the doors and uses his play as a means to, in the words of Hamlet, "catch the conscience" of the killer. Filmed under the working title Cold Reading, Rehearsal for Murder was the winner of the Edgar Award, a prize bestowed annually by the Mystery Writers of America. It was first broadcast on May 26, 1982. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

John Finnegan - Damon; Jeff Goldblum; Patrick Macnee; Nicholas Mele - The First Officer; Lawrence Pressman; Robert Preston; Lynn Redgrave; Wallace Rooney - Ernie; William Russ; Madolyn Smith - Karen Daniels; Buck Young - Lieutenant McElroy; William Daniels; Charlie Robinson - The Second Officer

Credit

Stephanie Austin - Associate Producer, Ellen Meyer - Casting, David Greene - Director, Parkie Singh - Editor, William Link - Executive Producer, Richard A. Levinson - Executive Producer, Billy Goldenberg - Composer (Music Score), Barbara Guedel - Makeup, Lawrence G. Paull - Production Designer, Stevan Larner - Cinematographer, Robert A. Papazian - Producer, Jerry Wunderlich - Set Designer, William Link - Screenwriter, Richard A. Levinson - Screenwriter

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Deathtrap; The Last of Sheila; The List of Adrian Messenger; Sleuth; Hamlet; Hammett

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