Cybill Shephard stars as Vicky, a woman married to a rich old man, who has one foot in the grave. Gregory Harrison plays Mike Riordon a district attorney, who is young, handsome and living at home with his Irish mom for the most. Vicky's husband Arthur gets Mike involved in a merger of two companies...or something like that even though he knows that Mike and Vicky were a couple and that she had dumped him. Whilst Mike and Vicky are attending a party, Arthur is alone at home when a burglar appears out of nowhere and shoots him point blank.
Acting
Cybill Shepherd serving wealthy-widow realness with a martini and motive.
Costume
Shoulder pads so sharp they could qualify as murder weapons.
Director
Jerrold Freedman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This TV movie aired during CBS's peak 'prestige television' push, when network movies of the week competed directly with theatrical releases for star power.
José Ferrer's late-career pivot to TV villainy here mirrors the industry's treatment of Golden Age stars—once marquee names, now exposition delivery systems.
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