A Talent for Murder
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A Talent for Murder is a 1983 British television film directed by Alvin Rakoff, starring Angela Lansbury, Laurence Olivier and Hildegard Neil;[1] the 1981, Edgar Award winning Broadway play of the same name, written by Jerome Chodorov and Norman Panama, starred Jean-Pierre Aumont and Claudette Colbert.[2] The film was produced by the BBC and originally aired on BBC Two in December 1983 in the UK, and on Showtime in January 1984 in the US.[1]
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A Talent for Murder | |
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Genre | Mystery |
Based on | A Talent for Murder by Jerome Chodorov & Norman Panama |
Directed by | Alvin Rakoff |
Starring | Angela Lansbury Laurence Olivier Hildegard Neil |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Cedric Messina |
Running time | 80 minutes |
Production companies | BBC Centerpoint Productions |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Two |
Release | 19 December 1983 (1983-12-19) |
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Set in a New York country mansion but shot in Britain, Lansbury's performance as a crime writer anticipated her long-running role in the CBS show Murder, She Wrote.[1]