Murder Is Easy

Unrated

1/2/19821h 35m

TV Release (US)

Overview:

American computer whiz Luke Williams meets elderly Lavinia Fullerton on a London-bound train. She reveals she's discovered the identity of a serial killer in her village and is going to report it to Scotland Yard. When she is murdered after disembarking the train, Williams vows to pursue the case himself.

Director:

Claude Whatham

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

based on novel or book

Cast

Bill Bixby

~ as ~

Prof. Luke Williams

Helen Hayes

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Lavinia Fullerton

Lesley-Anne Down

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Bridget Conway

Olivia de Havilland

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Honoria Waynflete

Patrick Allen

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Maj. Horton

Shane Briant

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Dr. Thomas

Freddie Jones

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Const. Reed

Leigh Lawson

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Jimmy Lorrimer

Jonathan Pryce

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Mr. Ellsworthy

Ivor Roberts

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Vicar

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Reviews (1)

dennyjt
Written 2 year(s) ago
5
osy Christie update with Bixby as a computer expert drawn into a sequence of murders in a small village. It begins when he encounters Hayes on the train London, where she says she is going to Scotland Yard to tell them of the suspicious deaths and tell them who was responsible. However, minutes after leaving the train, she is run down in a hit-and-run and killed. So Bixby decides to inyrtvrnr snd proceeds to meet the long list of eccentrics suspects, including the welcome presence of elegant De Havilland and luscious Down, among the veteran character actors. Jones is droll as the local bobby. The story is undercooked but pleasant to view and the mystery is suitable tangled. The most jarring scene ihas Bixby in a computer room to analyse his deductions and the place is full of whirring machines and clunky terminals that perhaps looked like the height of modernity in 1982.