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A feisty widow solves murders when she's not writing about them in her home town of Cabot Cove, Maine, a coastal community with a peculiarly high homicide rate. A Sunday-night staple on CBS, this hugely popular drama was Angela Lansbury's first regular series and earned the Tony and Golden Globe-winning actress an Emmy nomination (but never, unaccountab (more…)

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Season 7, Episode 20 Murder, Plain & Simple

First Aired: April 28, 1991

Jessica travels to Amish country to buy a quilt, and is called on to uncover a killer. Reuben Stoltz: Hunt Block. Jacob: Michael Sarrazin. Rebecca: Jennifer Runyon. Franz: Arlen Dean Snyder. Sarah Lapp: Martha Byrne. Ethan: Todd Eric Andrews. Jessica: Angela Lansbury.

Guest Cast

Martha Bryne Sarah Lapp

Todd Eric Andrews Ethan Kaufman

Hunt Block Reuben Stoltz

Ed McCready Driver

Arlen Dean Snyder Franz Kaufmann

John Ireland Sheriff Haines

Michael Sarrazin Jacob Beiler

Jay Robinson Bishop Eli Burkhart

Jennifer Runyon Rebecca Beiler

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Premiered: September 30, 1984
Rating: TV-PG
Premise: A feisty widow solves murders when she's not writing about them in her home town of Cabot Cove, Maine, a coastal community with a peculiarly high homicide rate. A Sunday-night staple on CBS, this hugely popular drama was Angela Lansbury's first regular ser… (more)