Murder by the Book

Murder by the Book
1987CrimeMysteryTV Movie100 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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 Bi... read more

  • Mel Damski

    Director

  • Michael Norell

    Story

  • Michael Norell

    Teleplay

  • Andy Siegel

    Story

  • Mel Arrighi

    Novel

  • Donald H. Birnkrant

    Director of Photography

  • Joanne D'Antonio

    Editor

  • Robert Hays

    D.H. 'Hank' Mercer / Biff Deegan

  • Catherine Mary Stewart

    Marissa

  • Christopher Murney

    Lt. Greenberg

  • Fred Gwynne

    Victor Greville

  • Celeste Holm

    Claire

  • Jonathan Moore

    Nicholas Rubinstein

  • Martin Neufeld

    Pete

  • Michael Copeman

  • Bunty Webb

  • Eric Keenleyside

  • Robin Ward

  • Eric Fink

  • Thick Wilson

  • Al Bernardo

  • Louis Di Bianco

  • Marc Gomes

  • Raymond Hunt

  • James Walton

  • Lynne Cormack

  • Lynne Gorman

  • Robbi Baker

  • Alan Rose

    Tony (uncredited)

  • Jacques Sandulescu

    Timothy (uncredited)

  • Lewis J. Stadlen

    Norman Wagstaff (uncredited)

  • Gavin Steed

    Roger Delacroix (uncredited)

    • Runtime

    100 minutes

    Released

    1987-03-17

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    Canada

    United States of America

    Studios

    Orion Television

    Peter Nelson Production

    Sound

  • Mark Snow

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    1316 days ago

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