While attending the premiere of a film adapted from one of her books in Milan, Jessica searches for the killer when the producer is murdered.While attending the premiere of a film adapted from one of her books in Milan, Jessica searches for the killer when the producer is murdered.While attending the premiere of a film adapted from one of her books in Milan, Jessica searches for the killer when the producer is murdered.
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George DiCenzo
- Inspector Lombardo
- (as George Di Cenzo)
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- TriviaCesar Romero's final television appearance.
- GoofsJessica's knock on the balcony door doesn't match the sound.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Entertainment Reporter: Here we are, telecasting live by satellite, in Milan, Italy, the site this week of one of the newest, yet already one of the world's most glamorous and exciting film festivals.
- SoundtracksMurder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison
Featured review
Film festival murder
Have always been quite fond of 'Murder She Wrote'. It is a fun and relaxing watch that makes you think as you try to unwind in the evening. If one wants more complex, twisty mysteries with lots of tension and suspense 'Murder She Wrote' may not be for you, but if you want something light-hearted and entertaining but still provide good mysteries 'Murder She Wrote' fits the bill just fine.
After Season 8 ended on a high with "Murder on Madison Avenue" (one of that season's best episodes), Season 9 begins with a clunk with for me (hate to go against the tide on this page) one of the lesser 'Murder She Wrote' episodes and the weakest of the show's season openers in "Murder in Milan". Have always been indifferent to "Murder in Milan", like it even less to this day.
There are a few things that save "Murder in Milan" from being unwatchable. Angela Lansbury continues to excel in one of her best remembered roles and really rises above the material.
In support, the best supporting turns by far come from Susan Blakely, who looks beautiful and brightens up the screen in typical conscientious mode, and an as ever charming and suave Cesar Romero.
Production values are slick and stylish if lacking authenticity. The music has energy and has presence but also not making the mistake of over-scoring, while it is hard to forget or resist the theme tune.
Despite Lansbury, Blakely and Romero, the rest of the acting is not worth mentioning. Robert Desiderio looks like he would rather be somewhere else, who can blame him, and everybody else seem have forgotten their acting lessons. Am being the dissenting voice again here, but to me Time Winters was annoying here and his character didn't add an awful lot, could have done without him actually. The characters are neither interesting or easy to engage with, some of them inconsequential and Blakely's character is never given a reason as to why she acts the way she does. Would include Romero's character with the latter but with Romero doing such a good job with what he was given it was a little more forgivable in his case.
"Murder in Milan" underwhelms a lot in the mystery too. It is not a compelling one and is also far too easy to figure out, the how, why and particularly who elements were no surprise at all. The denouement is one where one not only struggles to stick with the episode to find out but one finds themselves not caring at the end of the day. The characters are too underwritten and amateurishly acted on the whole to make one care for their predictable situations.
The locations are lovely but it never felt entirely authentic, other abroad episodes do a far better job with capturing the feel of the locale and feeling like the real thing, didn't get that with "Murder in Milan".
All in all, disappointing start to Season 9. 4/10 Bethany Cox
After Season 8 ended on a high with "Murder on Madison Avenue" (one of that season's best episodes), Season 9 begins with a clunk with for me (hate to go against the tide on this page) one of the lesser 'Murder She Wrote' episodes and the weakest of the show's season openers in "Murder in Milan". Have always been indifferent to "Murder in Milan", like it even less to this day.
There are a few things that save "Murder in Milan" from being unwatchable. Angela Lansbury continues to excel in one of her best remembered roles and really rises above the material.
In support, the best supporting turns by far come from Susan Blakely, who looks beautiful and brightens up the screen in typical conscientious mode, and an as ever charming and suave Cesar Romero.
Production values are slick and stylish if lacking authenticity. The music has energy and has presence but also not making the mistake of over-scoring, while it is hard to forget or resist the theme tune.
Despite Lansbury, Blakely and Romero, the rest of the acting is not worth mentioning. Robert Desiderio looks like he would rather be somewhere else, who can blame him, and everybody else seem have forgotten their acting lessons. Am being the dissenting voice again here, but to me Time Winters was annoying here and his character didn't add an awful lot, could have done without him actually. The characters are neither interesting or easy to engage with, some of them inconsequential and Blakely's character is never given a reason as to why she acts the way she does. Would include Romero's character with the latter but with Romero doing such a good job with what he was given it was a little more forgivable in his case.
"Murder in Milan" underwhelms a lot in the mystery too. It is not a compelling one and is also far too easy to figure out, the how, why and particularly who elements were no surprise at all. The denouement is one where one not only struggles to stick with the episode to find out but one finds themselves not caring at the end of the day. The characters are too underwritten and amateurishly acted on the whole to make one care for their predictable situations.
The locations are lovely but it never felt entirely authentic, other abroad episodes do a far better job with capturing the feel of the locale and feeling like the real thing, didn't get that with "Murder in Milan".
All in all, disappointing start to Season 9. 4/10 Bethany Cox
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