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Rehearsal for Murder fits the template of popular TV shows such as Murder, She Wrote and Diagnosis Murder. But that doesn't make it a worthy movie. The pedestrian plot involves five theater people who believe they are auditioning for a new play but have in fact been brought together to discern who among them is the murderer of Broadway star Monica Wells (Lynn Redgrave). After Monica's death is misinterpreted as suicide, her distraught fiancé, a not-so-Neil Simon playwright named Alex Dennison (Robert Preston), concocts the idea for a play within a play. He's invited these five to read for his newest opus. The catch? They all had dealings with Monica prior to her demise. It may hope to be a twisty Anne Perry, Miss Marple, or P.D. James thriller, but Rehearsal for Murder is in fact a trifle that takes itself too seriously and rambles in the final third. --Paula Nechak
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Intriguing murder mystery,
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This review is from: Rehearsal for Murder (DVD)
One of the best made-for-TV movies I've seen. A Broadway playwright tries to catch his wife's murderer by staging a play that is designed to reveal the murderer's identity. A marvelous film with many twists and turns written by Richard Levinson and William Links, who also made the equally fabulous "Guilty Conscience" and "Murder by Natural Causes." The DVD has good picture and sound quality.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great mystery from the creators of Columbo!,
By DyNama (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rehearsal for Murder (DVD)
This is one of the best TV mysteries I've ever seen. Non-mystery fans may consider the setup preposterous, but the directive "buy the premise, buy the bit" applies here. It wasn't impressive till the end, then all became clear. If you love Levinson & Link mysteries, like the movie Murder By Natural Causes, or the TV serieses (plural?) Columbo or Columbo's descendant Murder She Wrote, you'll enjoy the twists in the plot. Just like you have to be a PeeWee Herman fan to like PeeWee Herman movies, this is a classic mystery for true mystery lovers.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Good Old Fashioned Mystery,
By Irite fast (CT, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rehearsal For Murder (1982) (DVD)
This movie pleased me because Lynn Redgrave is such a good actress and the rest of the cast is also fine. The story isn't excessively violent and the plot has an unexpected twist.
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