Murder by Natural Causes

Téléfilm
1979
1h 40m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,5/10

895

MA NOTE

Crime Drama Mystery

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAllison, the unfaithful wife of a famous mentalist with a heart problem, wants her lover to try to kill her husband by scaring him to death, but the whole thing goes downhill.Allison, the unfaithful wife of a famous mentalist with a heart problem, wants her lover to try to kill her husband by scaring him to death, but the whole thing goes downhill.Allison, the unfaithful wife of a famous mentalist with a heart problem, wants her lover to try to kill her husband by scaring him to death, but the whole thing goes downhill.

Director
- Robert Day
Writers
- Richard Levinson
- William Link
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ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,5/10

895

MA NOTE

Director
- Robert Day
Writers
- Richard Levinson
- William Link
Stars

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 1 victoire au total

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The play that "Gil Weston" is appearing in is "Prescription: Murder." It shares the title of an actual play from 1962 written by William Levinson and Richard Link, notable for introducing their most famous creation, Lieutenant Columbo. However, the scene from the Gil Weston play shown in the film bears no similarity to anything in the original; nor are the reviews Weston reads similar. In the original play, Lt. Columbo was portrayed by the famous character actor Thomas Mitchell in what would be his last acting role.

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[last lines]
Allison Sinclair: What are you going to do?
[Arthur, pointing a gun at her, smiles and says nothing]
Allison Sinclair: Tell me, Arthur!
Arthur Sinclair: [pause, then] I have a suggestion for you, darling... why don't you read my mind?

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10/10

A 2-hour acting role, worth Millions.

A "professional" mind reader post-heart attack: He has recovered enough, but . . .

This man is worth Millions. His dutiful wife would love to divorce him for her boyfriend. But she had signed a pesky pre-nuptual agreement, only giving her a portion of his Millions. Unfortunately, for him, she wants it ALL.

With the scene set, she devises a plot so that her young actor boyfriend can use his acting skills to ramp-up the stress on hubby, so he has another heart attack, this time not bothering to call for medical help (just the coroner, later).

As others have made perfectly clear this movie ends in a torrent of plot twists. This can (and will) cause you dizziness.

A lot of the movie shows (quite interestingly), the behind-the-scenes life of a mentalist, preparing for each performance. Then it shows his performances (seamlessly incorporating his prep work).

I have looked for this movie to re-run for about 20 years (so far). I cannot believe that this hasn't been released onto video. It is a killer.