Rehearsal for Murder
| Rehearsal for Murder | |
|---|---|
 DVD artwork. | |
| Genre |
Drama Mystery Thriller |
| Written by |
Richard Levinson William Link |
| Directed by | David Greene |
| Starring |
Robert Preston Lynn Redgrave Patrick Macnee |
| Music by | Billy Goldenberg |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Richard Levinson William Link |
| Producer(s) |
Robert Papazian Stephanie Austin |
| Cinematography | Steven Larner |
| Editor(s) | Parkie L. Singh |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
CBS Productions Richard Levinson / William Link Productions Robert Papazian Productions |
| Distributor | CBS |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | May 26, 1982 |
Rehearsal for Murder is a murder mystery television film starring Robert Preston and Lynn Redgrave, and directed by David Greene. The script, written by Richard Levinson and William Link, won a 1983 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. It originally aired on the CBS Television Network on May 26, 1982.
Plot
When his leading lady (and fiancée) Monica Welles (Redgrave) is found dead from an apparent suicide after the opening night of her Broadway stage debut, playwright Alex Dennison (Preston) is left heartbroken. On the first anniversary of her death, he gathers the cast and crew from that ill-fated night in the same Broadway theater, ostensibly to read a new play he is working on, a mystery in which a famous actress is killed. As the reading progresses, the scenes seem to the cast to be uncomfortably close to actual encounters they might have had with Monica. When pressed, Alex finally reveals that he believes that Monica was murdered, and that someone at the theater is her killer.
Cast
- Robert Preston — Alex Dennison
- Lynn Redgrave — Monica Welles
- Patrick Macnee — David Matthews
- Lawrence Pressman — Lloyd Andrews
- William Russ — Frank Heller
- Madolyn Smith — Karen Daniels
- William Daniels — Walter Lamb
- Jeff Goldblum — Leo Gibbs
- John P. Finnegan — Damon
- Nicholas Mele — The First Officer
- Vahan Moosekian — The Moving Man
- Charles Robinson — The Second Officer
- Wallace Rooney — Ernie
- Buck Young — Lieutenant McElroy