Murder, She Wrote Season 3, Episode 12
“The Corpse Flew First Class”
Original Airdate: January 18, 1987
Writer: Donald Ross
Director: Walter Grauman
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Mary Jo Catlett, Robin Dearden, Pat Harrington Jr., David Hemmings, Kate Mulgrew, Gene Nelson, Andrew Parks, John S. Ragin, Chris Robinson, James Shigeta, Robert Walker Jr., Mark Venturini, Charles Hoyes, Lia Sargent, Vince Howard, Charles Davis
We’ve got a pretty classic Agatha Christie style caper this week. Our luxury vessel setting is not a train, but a commercial airliner bound for London. When the bodyguard of a glamorous starlet is murdered and her $2 million dollar necklace goes missing, Jessica assists a veteran Scotland Yard detective in an investigation. Given the nature of the man’s death, it’s clear the killer is still amongst the passengers and flight crew. Even with such a limited suspect pool, Jessica (and anyone keeping an eye on the time remaining in the episode) suspects the swift resolution to the mystery is a little too tidy.