The Lady in Question (1999)

Synopsis: 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... 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. [More]

Starring: Gene Wilder, Cherry Jones, Mike Starr, Claire Bloom

Starring: Gene Wilder, Cherry Jones, Mike Starr, Claire Bloom

Director: Joyce Chopra

Director: Joyce Chopra
Screenwriter: Gilbert Pearlman, Gene Wilder

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