"Murder, She Wrote" Tough Guys Don't Die (TV Episode 1985)

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Angela Lansbury

Jessica Fletcher

Barbara Babcock

Priscilla Daniels

John Furey

Larry King

Nancy Lee Grahn

Erin Carey
(as Nancy Grahn)

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

Margery Nelson

Alma Leonard

Rosanna Huffman

Connie Miles

Conrad Bachmann

Office Manager

Tina Lifford

Leora Cargill

Jana Brown

Receptionist
(as Janna Brown)

Steven Ameche

Musician
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Archie Miles' name is a play on the name of Miles Archer, Sam Spade's partner in The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Goofs
Jerry Orbach plays "Harry McGraw," but the name pained on the window of his office is "Charles B. McGraw." Charles McGraw was a tough guy actor of the postwar era.

Quotes
Harry McGraw: Look, Mrs. Fletcher, why don't you take some advice? Why don't you devote that boundless energy of yours to needlepoint or a bridge club?
Jessica Fletcher: Eh, I tried that. It's precisely the reason why I wrote my first book: I was bored out of my mind.

Connections
Edited from The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)

Soundtracks
Murder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison

Archie Miles's widow was played by Rosanna Huffman, aka Mrs. Richard Levinson (one of at least seven MSW appearances)?

And in this same episode: Harry's motherly secretary was Margery Nelson, aka Mrs. William Link?

Stuff like this used to happen quite a bit on series like Murder, She Wrote; it was part of the fun back in the day.

Just for fun, while you're here, you might like to check out the bosses's wives credits here; both Rosanna Huffman and Margery Nelson were talented actresses, who worked whenever they wanted to, and commanded respect within the industry (as did their writer-producer husbands, come to that ...) Happy Hunting!