A popular nightclub hypnotist is discovered murdered during a private press-call.A popular nightclub hypnotist is discovered murdered during a private press-call.A popular nightclub hypnotist is discovered murdered during a private press-call.
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José Ferrer
- Cagliostro
- (as Jose Ferrer)
Dianne Travis
- Helsema
- (as Dianne Turley Travis)
Marylou Kenworthy
- Liz
- (as Mary Lou Kenworthy)
Storyline
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- TriviaObviously directly inspired by The Thirteenth Chair (1929) starring Bela Lugosi, with the group sitting in a circle in a seance of sorts (here, a trance) and the murder occurring while it's in progress. A knife is the murder weapon in both cases.
- GoofsObvious stunt double in one of the scenes of Jessica on the back of the motorcycle. The stunt double's face is visible and does not look like Angela Lansbury.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Cagliostro: Ladies and gentlemen, observe the power of hypnosis! Now, volunteers, when I clap my hands, you will each become your favorite animal.
- SoundtracksMurder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison
Featured review
6 eye witnesses, deaf, dumb, and blind
This MSW story has Jessica Fletcher at a swanky resort on Lake Tahoe which is
owned by Robert Loggia and where the headliner is world famous hypnotist
Jose Ferrer. Ferrer brings in the business, but he's really quite the cad and has
a ton of enemies. No surprise that someone would put a steak knife in his
back and kill him. But Ferrer was in the middle of a demonstration for among
others members of the press. In fact Angela Lansbury just misses the demonstration.
In the room were six people all under a trance that Ferrer put them in before someone stabbed him. Six witnesses who can't tell investigating detective Robert Hogan.
I'm surprised I liked this one as much as I did. The solution is rather obvious in the how just a question of who. But this is a really fine cast assembled and I'll watch anything with Jose Ferrer in it.
I think you'll agree with my assessment.
In the room were six people all under a trance that Ferrer put them in before someone stabbed him. Six witnesses who can't tell investigating detective Robert Hogan.
I'm surprised I liked this one as much as I did. The solution is rather obvious in the how just a question of who. But this is a really fine cast assembled and I'll watch anything with Jose Ferrer in it.
I think you'll agree with my assessment.
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- bkoganbing
- Jun 14, 2018
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