Murder , She Wrote Angela Lansbury TV Script PILOT 1984

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Murder , She Wrote
" Pilot  "
The Murder Of Sherlock Holmes
Teleplay by Peter Fischer
Story by Richard Levinson & William Link and Peter Fischer
Episode: ONE
This is where it all started 1984
March 29, 1984
Debuting September 30, 1984,
Murder, She Wrote
, TV's longest-running mystery series, starring the character of Jessica Fletcher, might never have come about had producers
Richard Levinson
and
William Link
enjoyed success with their TV series
Ellery Queen
.
That series folded after a single season, but Levinson and Link were still committed to the concept of a bestselling murder mystery novelist who solved real murders when not at the typewriter.
By changing the gender of their protagonist from male to female and transforming the character from a good-looking, absent-minded young pedant to a middle-aged down-to-earth widow, the producers were able to parlay their "mystery writer/amateur detective" premise into a 12-year hit for CBS.
The title comes from
Murder, She Said
, an adaptation of a
Miss Marple
novel by
Agatha Christie
. While not appearing in the aforementioned film, Angela Lansbury herself did play Miss Marple in
The Mirror Crack'd
, and the character of Jessica Fletcher is thought to be based on a combination of Miss Marple, Agatha Christie herself, and another Christie character,
Ariadne Oliver
, who often appears in the
Hercule Poirot
mysteries.
8x10"
Clean Script
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