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Plot

Murder Is Easy is one of a multitude of 1980s TV movies based on the novels of Agatha Christie. Bill Bixby stars as an American investor, vacationing in England. While on a train, Bixby strikes up a conversation with the seemingly dotty Helen Hayes, who insists she's en route to Scotland Yard with evidence pertaining to three murders. When Ms. Hayes is herself killed, Bixby finds himself heading to the village of Wychwood Under Ashe to investigate the killings on his own. In a twinkling, both Bixby and lovely villager Lesley-Ann Down find themselves the principal suspects. Olivia De Havilland is also among the highly suspicious guest stars in Murder is Easy.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
100min.
Director(s):
Claude Whatham
Themes:
Amateur Sleuths,Murder Investigations
Tone:
Atmospheric,Literate,Tense,Understated,Elegant
Keywords:
American [nationality],Scotland-Yard,conversation,entrepreneur,evidence,murder,train [locomotive],vacation,woman
Language:
English