Smile, Jenny, You're Dead Synopsis & Summary

David Janssen stars as private eye Harry Orwell in the made-for-TV Smile, Jenny, You're Dead. Investigating the murder of his friend's son-in-law, Harry sizes up the dead man's wife Jenny (Andrea Marcovicci) as the most likely suspect. The actual killer--and we're really not giving anything away here--is Zalman King, a psycho photographer who carries a torch for Jenny. There's a particularly exciting rooftop climax in this one, made doubly so by Andrea Marcovicci's depiction of stark, raw, terror. First telecast February 3, 1974, Smile, Jenny, You're Dead served as the 72-minute pilot for the David Janssen TV series Harry O. - Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide