Product Details

• Actors: Jim Hutton, Lloyd Bochner, Jessica Walter, Leslie Nielson
• Directors: Water Grauman
• Format: NTSC
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Miracle Pictures
• DVD Release Date: March 3, 2003
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00025XGIQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,236 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

A small-town D.A. is saddled with several major investigations, including a gambler's murder and a possible insurance scam. This film is based on Erle Stanley Gardner's novel and contains all of the elements of fine mystery writing, which we have come to expect of his work.

Customer Reviews

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Mystery, August 10, 2007

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J. Hicks "coffee lover" (Fayetteville, AR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: They Call It Murder (DVD)

This is a pretty good mystery based on a novel by Earl Stanley Gardner. The hero is not Perry Mason. It was made in the early seventies as a made for TV movie starring a young Jim Hutton in a pre Ellery Queen role.
The movie looks like a pilot for a TV series. Jim Hutton went on to make the Ellery Queen Mystery series for TV.
The video quality of the DVD is not good. It looks like it was made from an old VHS video tape. So I wouldn't advise paying too much for it, But if you can get it cheap it's worth it.
This is a nice little movie to watch on a Saturday night.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, July 5, 2009

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This review is from: They Call It Murder (DVD)

I enjoyed this movie more than I expected. Jim Hutton was great and probably was the reason the movie worked. I always liked him in Ellery Queen and this was similar but a different time period. I like the early 70s feel to it. There were some twists and turns and it held my interest.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I Love Older Movies, February 19, 2009

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Dandelion "alley kitty" (California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: They Call It Murder (DVD)

I enjoyed watching this movie just for stars who are in it. Jim Hutton, Edward Asner, Nita Talbot, Leslie Nielsen, Jessica Walter and others. It is an interesting story. It is a film adaptation of an Erle Stanley Gardner novel.