Birds of a Feather

Episode aired Oct 14, 1984
TV-PG
47m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

786

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Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Crime Drama Mystery

Jessica's niece Victoria Brandon is horrified when her fiancé Howard Griffin is arrested following the gunshot murder of nasty San Francisco drag club owner Al Drake.Jessica's niece Victoria Brandon is horrified when her fiancé Howard Griffin is arrested following the gunshot murder of nasty San Francisco drag club owner Al Drake.Jessica's niece Victoria Brandon is horrified when her fiancé Howard Griffin is arrested following the gunshot murder of nasty San Francisco drag club owner Al Drake.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

786

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
When Victoria is talking about Howard Griffin to Jessica, she says that he had been a part-time actor but mostly drove a cab. This is a nod to Jeff Conaway's character Bobby Wheeler in Taxi (1978), where he was also an aspiring actor who drove a taxi while waiting for his big break.

Goofs
After his court appearance, Howard thanks Jessica for the white suit. But Howard already owned that white suit and wore it in the opening scene when meeting Drake on his jog.

Quotes
Jessica Fletcher: I've got the name of a very good lawyer, and is there anything else you need?
Howard Griffin: How about a pair of pants?

Connections
References Charley's Aunt (1941)

Soundtracks
Murder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison

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5/10

Birds of a Feather

Jessica Fletcher goes tom San Francisco to visit her niece Victoria Brandon. She is planning to marry struggling actor Howard Griffin (Jeff Conaway) but has suspicions about him. He is spending a lot of time in an exotic nightclub.

They visit the club that is operated by ruthless Al Drake (Martin Landau.) One of his acts wants to break the long term contract that he signed with him so he can do a comedy show in Las Vegas.

Jessica and Victoria find out that Howard is performing as a drag artist. Although at the time he is standing over Al's dead body.

Now Jessica has to investigate the murder of Al to clear Howard's name.

A case where the culprit was rather obvious. The evidence at the end was circumstantial so the only way out was to get them to confess.

Martin Landau was good for his brief time in the episode as the nasty club owner that everyone disliked.