Murder by the Book

Mar 17, 1987

1h 40m

★ 5.9

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.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Mystery

Thriller

TV Movie

Production Companies

Orion Television

Peter Nelson Production

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Cast

D.H. 'Hank' Mercer / Biff Deegan

Robert Hays

Marissa

Catherine Mary Stewart

Lt. Greenberg

Christopher Murney

Victor Greville

Fred Gwynne

Claire

Celeste Holm

Nicholas Rubinstein

Jonathan Moore

Pete

Martin Neufeld

Michael Copeman

Bunty Webb

Eric Keenleyside

Robin Ward

Eric Fink

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