Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

TV Movie
1997
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

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Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest (1997)

Crime Drama Mystery

Jessica Fletcher (Dame Angela Lansbury) is attacked on a train when she investigates the case of a missing passenger.Jessica Fletcher (Dame Angela Lansbury) is attacked on a train when she investigates the case of a missing passenger.Jessica Fletcher (Dame Angela Lansbury) is attacked on a train when she investigates the case of a missing passenger.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

1.1K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,928

6,488

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 nominations total

Trivia
The dusty bus stop town location was Piru, California, adjacent to Fillmore. The Piru town's short Main Street commercial buildings were completely vacant, boarded up, and unoccupied. Art Director Mary Dodson created all of the shops, selecting a market, a Southwest Indian tourist shop, a barber shop, gas station, with necessary window and sign decoration. Mary and the decorator made the town come to life for the filming sequence. Several other exterior buildings and sidewalk locations were utilized filling out the filming schedule's use of the town site.

Goofs
Driving through "Aqua Verde" a street sign above can be seen for "Magic Mountain Parkway"

Quotes
[last lines]
Jessica Fletcher: ...It starts with a simple electronic game and an eastbound train.

Connections
Followed by Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For (2000)

User reviews12

Featured review

A must see for fans of the series.

This was the first TV-movie that continued the mysteries of crime novelist and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher, a role that Angela Lansbury made loved around the world in the popular TV series, Murder She Wrote.

On the outside it may seem like just a feature length episode of that show, but if you look at it closely you'll see that it has some wonderful moments that make it a superior TV-movie. I suppose having said that you really do need to have an interest in this sort of TV mystery formula and if you have a love for the show then you will adore this.

There are some wonderful moments of mystery and intrigue built up and towards the end you are gagging to find out the truth as you always are in these mysteries. Also,as usual with a good mystery, there are some wonderful twists and turns which I'm obviously not going to talk about. I would recommend this to die hard fans of the series and anyone who enjoys a good mystery.