Product Details

• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Universal Studios
• DVD Release Date: February 14, 2012
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B004Z74X0M
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #526 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #23 in Movies & TV > DVD > Mystery & Thrillers

Editorial Reviews

The legacy of one of television's most beloved and acclaimed series continues with 4 full-length Murder, She Wrote movies.  Oscar®-nominee Angela Lansbury triumphantly returns as mystery writer Jessica Fletcher, the iconic role for which she received 12 Primetime Emmy® Award nominations.  In South by Southwest, a chance meeting on a train embroils Jessica with foreign spies and stolen government secrets.  Then, a getaway to Los Angeles becomes deadly when she tries to solve the murder of a former Soviet KGB officer in A Story to Die For.  Jessica travels to Virginia-and into her own family history-in The Last Free Man, where she discovers that she inherited her sleuthing skills from a relative who worked to abolish slavery.  And finally, it's off to the Emerald Island in The Celtic Riddle, where Jessica tries to claim an inheritance but faces opposition from a potential killer who's trying to do anything to get the fortune.  Featuring a stellar roster of guest stars, the Murder, She Wrote Movie Collection has fans following the clues and solving the capers yet again!

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136 of 140 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Murder She Wrote: Four TV Movies -- A Collection of Memories, Mysteries and Murder, November 1, 2011

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T.B. Grant (New York) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Murder, She Wrote: 4 Movie Collection (DVD)

Since its air date on September 30, 1984 to its finale on May 19, 1996, Murder She Wrote, one of the most popular CBS TV shows during the Eighties and Nineties, entertained audiences for a remarkable twelve years.

And during those twelve years, the star of the show, Angela Lansbury, created a down-to-earth, open-minded character in Jessica Beatrice Fletcher, who would make Lansbury an immediate household name--and bring to life an unforgettable character in TV history.

And after its twelfth run in 1996, Lansbury, who fought tooth-and-nail for CBS to put Murder She Wrote back to its original 8 p.m. Sunday night time slot, after shifting it to Thursday nights, returned, in a commitment with the network, to make four made-for-TV Murder She Wrote movies. So with the help of Lansbury's production company, Corymore Productions, she was given the green light by CBS who wanted to "soften the blow" for its alterations during the show's lowest-rated twelfth season.

And now, for the sake of the fans, a preorder date has been announced. In this two-DVD disc set (combined with full frame video, English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo sound and English subtitles*), four two hour post-series made-for-TV movies will make the perfect gift for any mystery buff--and will seal the deal in the series for many of us who have been loyal fans since its birth back in September, twenty-seven years ago.

And most recently, Lansbury has voiced her interest in revisiting the character of Jessica Fletcher.

Movie Titles, Synopsis, and Air dates

Murder, She Wrote: "South By Southwest" -- November 2, 1997
(While traveling on a train, Jessica is befriended with foreign spies and is warned by the FBI to stop her own investiagtion in Agua Verde).

Murder, She Wrote: "A Story to Die For" -- May 18, 2000
(Jessica attends a writer's conference where a Russian author is found murdered).

Murder, She Wrote: "The Last Free Man" -- May 2, 2001
(A link between Jessica's family history and the death of a slave in the 1860's piques Jessicas' writer's mind).

Murder, She Wrote: "The Celtic Riddle" -- May 9, 2003
(While traveling to Ireland to attend the reading of an acquaintances' will, Jessica, along with the help of the old man's quirky family members, is soon knee-deep in murder--and discovers a mystery involving secret treasure). Based on "The Celtic Riddle" by Lyn Hamilton.

*Release and video information subject to change.

T.B. Grant
11/1/11

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Movies, February 17, 2012

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Shane Silk "Film Buff" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Murder, She Wrote: 4 Movie Collection (DVD)

These 4 films that followed the beloved Murder She Wrote series staring the wonderful Angela Lansbury are just great and fun to watch. They are 1 1/2 hours long so there is more time than the TV show to develop the mystery and the scenery in each film is beautiful (the cinematography for these 4 films feels more like a big budget movie than a TV show). Angela Lansbury is her charming self and really carries these films. I have watched them over and over again. They are great for a Saturday night at home or on a rainy Sunday when you're just sitting around the house. They are family friendly and very enjoyable.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Priceless, February 19, 2012

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Betty L. Detwiler "bookie" (Bradford, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Murder, She Wrote: 4 Movie Collection (DVD)

I just finished watching the four Murder She Wrote movies and was thrilled! I wish network television could get back to the same quiet, yet fascinating types of stories brought to us by Jessica Fletcher and her team. The series was super, the movies even more so. I was familiar with South by Southwest and can remember bits and pieces of two of the others. Seeing them in their entirety was worth the price. I highly recommend this dvd along with all the Murder she wrote DVD's and books. So pull up a comfy chair, settle in with a bowl of buttery popcorn and enjoy this perfect family entertainment!