A Masterpiece of Murder

A Masterpiece of Murder
Genre	Comedy Mystery
Written by	Andrew J. Fenady Terry Nation
Directed by	Charles S. Dubin
Starring	Bob Hope Don Ameche
Music by	Richard Markowitz
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Andrew J. Fenady
Producer	Terry Morse Jr.
Production location	Vancouver
Cinematography	Laszlo George
Editor	Art Seid
Running time	100 min.
Production companies	20th Century Fox Television Andrew J. Fenady Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	January 27, 1986 (1986-01-27)

A Masterpiece of Murder is a 1986 American TV movie starring Bob Hope and Don Ameche.

It was Hope's first and only made-for-TV movie. ^[1]

Plot

A retired private eye teams up with a former jewel thief to solve a murder. Dan Dolan(Hope) had become famous for being the officer who originally arrested Frank Aherne(Ameche) and sent him to prison.But in old age their positions are reversed. Dolan is down and out and Aherne has become wealthy by playing off his image as a gentleman thief.

Cast

• Bob Hope as Dan Dolan
• Don Ameche as Frank Aherne
• Jayne Meadows as Matilda Hussey
• Claudia Christian as Julia Forsythe
• Yvonne De Carlo as Mrs Murphy
• Anne Francis as Ruth Beekman
• Frank Gorshin as Pierre Rudin
• Steven Keats as Lieutenant Simon Wax
• Kevin McCarthy as Jonathan Hire
• Anita Morris as Lola Crane
• Clive Revill as Vincent Faunce
• Stella Stevens as Deb Potts/Della Vance
• Louise Sorel as Louise
• Joseph Della Sorte as Ugarti Van Meer

Production

The film was shot in Vancouver. ^[2]

References

1. Hanauer, J. (January 23, 1986). "DON AMECHE ON A ROLL AT 77, HE'S NOT TRADING PLACES WITH ANYONE". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest   292214616.
2. LEKICH, J. (January 25, 1986). "Still 'crazy' after all these years at age 82, it's back to the future for hope". The Globe and Mail. ProQuest   386223854.

External links

• A Masterpiece of Murder at IMDb
• A Masterpiece of Murder at the TCM Movie Database