Movie: Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

Top 10 Billed Cast

Elizabeth Montgomery
Elizabeth Montgomery

Edna Buchanan

Yaphet Kotto
Yaphet Kotto

Marty Talbot

Audra Lindley
Audra Lindley

Jean

Dean Stockwell
Dean Stockwell

Aaron Bliss

Joe Flanigan
Joe Flanigan

Scott Cameron

Jenifer Lewis
Jenifer Lewis

Denice Cooper

Richard Lineback
Richard Lineback

Billy Coleman

Liz Sheridan
Liz Sheridan

Wendy Padison

Saundra Santiago
Saundra Santiago

Rosinha Zulueta

David Spielberg
David Spielberg

George

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    Inspired by the the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning, Miami-based journalist, Edna Buchanan, who investigates the murder of a man with ties to the Miami mafia.

  • Release Date

    1995-05-08

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    7

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    English
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