Murder, She Wrote
Smooth Operators
Season 5, Episode 12 · Aired 1989-02-12
Synopsis
A derelict is found dead in a New York alley. At first glance, it appears that the dead man succumbed to alcoholism, but the other clues--including several conspicuously missing items--don't add up. Jessica Fletcher teams with ulcerated NYPD lieutenant Hanratty to make sense of the case, leading both sleuths to a group of disreputable doctors.
In the series
This episode is part of Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996) on CBS.
Angela Lansbury as America's most polite murder magnet.
Key cast
- Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher
- William Windom as Dr. Seth Hazlitt
- Ron Masak as Sheriff Mort Metzger
- Tom Bosley as Sheriff Amos Tupper