Murder in Music City

Jan 16, 1979

1h 35m

★ 0.0

Sonny Bono buys a Nashville detective agency for a song. But someone's out to cancel his contract — permanently!

Overview

A brash songwriter who buys a detective agency as a tax shelter finds himself and his photographer's model bride involved in a puzzling murder, when a dead body turns up in their honeymoon suite, and on a trail that leads them to Nashville.

Genres

Comedy

Mystery

TV Movie

Production Companies

Frankel Productions

Gank Inc.

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Cast

Sonny Hunt

Sonny Bono

Samantha Hunt

Lee Purcell

Mrs. Bloom

Lucille Benson

Billy West

Claude Akins

Peggy Ann West

Belinda Montgomery

Dana Morgan

Morgan Fairchild

Chigger Wade

Michael MacRae

Jim Feegan

Harry Bellaver

Self

Charlie Daniels

Self

Larry Gatlin

Self

Barbara Mandrell

Self

Ronnie Milsap

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