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Murder by the Book

Release Date:March 17, 1987

Running Time:100 min

Genres:Comedy, Thriller, Crime, Mystery, TV Movie

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Cast

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

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Synopsis

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.

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