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Angela Lansbury

Jessica Fletcher

Wendy Benson-Landes

Siobhan Kennedy
(as Wendy Benson)

Gordon Currie

Sean Griffith

Fionnula Flanagan

Fiona Delaney Griffith

Dakin Matthews

Dennis Moylan

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Father Timothy

Cyril O'Reilly

Patrick Griffith

Donnelly Rhodes

William Mahaffy

Andrew Robinson

Ambrose Griffith

Mark Rolston

Sgt. Terence Boyle

Bridgette Wilson-Sampras

Emily Griffith
(as Bridgette Wilson)

Udana Power

Una O'Reilly

Michael Connors

Eric

Lee Magnuson

Barman

Paul Ivy

Duffy

Mark Leahy

Shopkeeper
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Although set in Ireland the production never set foot in the countiry and was shot entirely in Hollywood with library stock shots of Irish locations, inserted for authenticity. The cast is almost entirely American with a variety of attempted "Oirish" accents on display.

Goofs
Jessica isn't looking at the driver of the car while she's speaking. She's looking at the camera which is probably attached to where the windshield should be.

Quotes
[last lines]
Jessica Fletcher: Oh, I almost forgot. I had some film developed. I took some really extraordinary pictures at Saint Broderick's.
Fiona Delaney Griffith: Mmm.
Jessica Fletcher: Now, am I imagining things, or isn't that a little fairy person there in among the flowers? And you see the little feathered wing there?
Fiona Delaney Griffith: The deenee shee and gancanagh.
Jessica Fletcher: No, look. You tell me now. Isn't that a little man's face among the trees?
Fiona Delaney Griffith: I think you need to get your camera fixed, girl.

Connections
Featured in The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1994)

Soundtracks
Murder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison

Jessica is in Cork visiting her friend Fiona, and researching her family's history, here visits coincides with an American businessman, who's buying out a family run woollen mill.

It's a pretty good mystery, some of the window dressing doesn't quite work, but the mystery itself is strong.

It's one of those where you just know who's going to get bumped off, he may as well have had a sign on him saying murder victim.

There's no denying The Irish theme, it opens with an Irish jig, there are panpipes playing the whole way through, talk of leprechauns and a nymph, sadly the only thing that details it, are the accents. I spotted some Canadian Irish mixes and some American Irish mixes. Fionnula Flanagan may not be the only Irish person here, but perhaps the only Irish sounding principal character.

The stock footage looks pretty good, and mixes in quite well, but there is no mistaking the land of Ireland, it's a pity they didn't actually film in Cork.

Despite some of the shocking accents, it's actually an excellent episode.

7/10.