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Murder by the Book (1987)

Directed by Mel Damski

Comedy | Crime | Mystery

Overview

Mild-mannered mystery writer D. H. Mercer has become so immersed in his material that his creation, hard-boiled private eye Biff Deegan, constantly appears to him as a hallucination. Intent on getting rid of Biff, and replacing him with a more civilized detective, Mercer soon finds himself in a genuine mystery involving art fraud, murder, and a beautiful lady in peril.

Rated NR | Length 100 minutes

Actors

Robert Hays | Catherine Mary Stewart | Christopher Murney | Fred Gwynne | Celeste Holm | Jonathan Moore | Martin Neufeld | Michael Copeman | Bunty Webb | Eric Keenleyside | Robin Ward | Eric Fink | Thick Wilson | Al Bernardo | Louis Di Bianco | Marc Gomes | Raymond Hunt | James Walton | Lynne Cormack | Lynne Gorman | Robbi Baker | Alan Rose | Jacques Sandulescu | Lewis J. Stadlen | Gavin Steed

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Viewing Notes

Very strange that this movie was not listed in Movielogr. Adding via the TMDb url.

For premise right in my wheelhouse this was disappointing. There’s not enough humor to be a real comedy and the mystery is a little weak. Putting Robert Hays in the lead I was hoping for something closer to Airplane! but instead it’s a unfunny murder mystery despite the effort.

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