Jessica unravels the death of a ballerina after she dances a ballet that has killed everyone who has tried it.Jessica unravels the death of a ballerina after she dances a ballet that has killed everyone who has tried it.Jessica unravels the death of a ballerina after she dances a ballet that has killed everyone who has tried it.
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Robert Buckingham
- Audience Member
- (uncredited)
Marcello Clay
- Audience Member
- (uncredited)
Jenna Elfman
- Ballet Dancer in background
- (uncredited)
Suzanne Lodge
- Audience Member
- (uncredited)
Randy Masoner
- Dancer
- (uncredited)
Gary Moerke
- Audience Member
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAll of the actors whose characters were ballet dancers: Marisa Berenson, Robert Torti, Adrian Paul, and Nancy Valen all had their dance scenes performed by professional dancers. Indeed, Berenson and Valen wore flat practice slippers with ribbons tied like the ribbons of pointe or toeshoes but never did Berenson or Valen perform on pointe wearing toeshoes. Obvious differences such as the body types of Torti and Paul are noticeable in scenes portrayed by their dance doubles and Torti's hairstyle, height, and musculature are noticeably different between the actor and his dance double and Valen and her dance double. Members of the San Francisco Ballet stepped in as dance doubles and extras for the episode.
- GoofsThe "fast-acting" poison used to kill the victim was Thallium. Thallium is a heavy metal, which takes a long time to kill its victims.
- Quotes
Jessica Fletcher: There are three things you can never get enough of in life, Lieutenant. Chocolate, friends, and the theater.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2023)
- SoundtracksMurder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison
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The politics of the dance.
As this particular episode is based in San Francisco I'm surprised that Jessica
Fletcher doesn't get her good friend insurance investigator and former cat
burglar Dennis Stanton involved. Keith Michell really belongs in this story.
While Angela Lansbury is doing a book tour she runs into some old friends from the ballet. Adrian Paul's company will be performing the Danse Diabolique a ballet written for the Czar's mistress back in the day. Twice it has been performed and twice the lead ballerina was killed.
That makes no never mind to young ballerina Nancy Valen who schemes her way into the lead elbowing aside Paul's wife Marisa Berenson a popular but aging star. Then Valen is killed during the performance and of course it's Angela Lansbury who figures out both the how and the why. Not that there was any shortage of suspects among the ballet company.
A very good story, but Dennis Stanton should have been there.
While Angela Lansbury is doing a book tour she runs into some old friends from the ballet. Adrian Paul's company will be performing the Danse Diabolique a ballet written for the Czar's mistress back in the day. Twice it has been performed and twice the lead ballerina was killed.
That makes no never mind to young ballerina Nancy Valen who schemes her way into the lead elbowing aside Paul's wife Marisa Berenson a popular but aging star. Then Valen is killed during the performance and of course it's Angela Lansbury who figures out both the how and the why. Not that there was any shortage of suspects among the ballet company.
A very good story, but Dennis Stanton should have been there.
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- bkoganbing
- Apr 22, 2018
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