Production Information[]
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Aired: February 28th, 1988 | |
Written By: Peter S. Fischer | |
Directed By: Walter Grauman | |
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Created By: Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson & William Link | |
Executive Producers: Peter S. Fischer | |
Producer: Robert F. O'Neill |
Summary[]
The Gambini family winery is the takeover target of organized crime and it's up to Jessica to discover who is behind the murder of a Mafia hit man.
Trivia[]
A pre-Titanic (1997) Billy Zane guests stars in this episode as one of the Gambini family members.
This is another episode where Jessica is shown to discuss the murderer getting off, due to their victim either being a worse person or because they had a sympathetic reason to kill them; she also did in Murder Takes the Bus.
Victim: Ben Skyler
Killer: Salvatore Gambini
Cause of death: Poisoned wine
Motive: Sal allowed Ben into the home to kill him in hopes of uniting his family against the attempted Mafia takeover of their vineyard, but he nearly killed Tony Gambini instead.
Starring[]
Regular Cast[]
Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher
Recurring Cast[]
Guest Stars[]
Kristian Alfonso as Michele Gambini
Ina Balin as Stella Gambini
Bibi Besch as Fiona Gambini
Tom Roberts Byrd as Paul Gambini
Grant Goodeve as Ben Skyler
John Saxon as Marco Gambini
Arlen Dean Snyder as Chief Thaddius Kyle
Eli Wallach as Salvatore Gambini
Billy Zane as Tony Gambini