A Talent for Murder

A famed mystery writer and her doctor ex-lover solve her daughter-in-law's murder.

Cast

Angela Lansbury

as Ann Royce McClain

Laurence Olivier

as Dr. Anthony Wainwright

Hildegard Neil

as Sheila McClain

Charles Keating

as Lawrence McClain

Garrick Hagon

as Mark Harrison

Tracey Childs

as Pamela Harrison

Tariq Yunus

as Rashi

Hayward Morse

as Gary

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