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1938 Connecticut. An international anti-Nazi campaigner (Bloom), hunted by an SS assassin, is found poisoned. But was this truly a hit by Hitler, or did one of her own relatives kill the much-disliked activist for an inheritance? This is a followup to
MURDER IN A SMALL TOWN, a 1930s-era mystery that introduced Wilder in the character of Larry `Cash' Carter, a Broadway impresario more or less retired to Stamford, Connecticut, where he does community theater and occasionally gets drawn into murder investigations. Call it "Murder, He Playwrighted," and in fact these handsomely-mounted features, done for A&E cable, seem little more than overlong TV series episodes, with some fine character actors going through the motions in the nostalgic setting. Wilder even does a song-and-dance bit; for a wilder Gene
spoofing whodunit plots, check out THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK
HOLMES' SMARTER BROTHER.
Synopsis
Wilder once again brings his signature affable, inimitable style to the role of Cash Carter, the Stamford, Connecticut community theater director with a knack for solving crimes. It's 1938, and the war is in full swing. When his close friend Emma Sachs winds up dead, he must turn over a few stones to look for clues. Who would want her dead? Is her death connected to the war or to her family inheritance? Evidence eventually points to one man, but there is no proof. With the help of a real detective (Starr), sensitive soul Cash is determined to find the murderer, but not before he puts his own life on the line! The acclaimed follow-up to the 1998 Cash Carter mystery feature MURDER IN A SMALL TOWN.
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