Murder in a Small Town

An enjoyable murder mystery in the best tradition with Gene Wilder as a Broadway director turned sleuth. Larry ‘Cash’ Carter has downshifted his career to a community theatre in Connecticut, following the tragic death of his wife. When a leading local industrialist is found shot dead, Cash’s talents are in demand from the local police., A widowed theater director (Gene Wilder) moves to Connecticut after his wife’s violent death, only to be plunged into a murder case involving a despised businessman. Tony: Mike Starr. Sidney Lassiter: Terry O’Quinn. Martha: Frances Conroy. Kate: Deirdre O’Connell. Mimi: Cherry Jones. Billy: Ebon Moss-Bachrach. Directed by Joyce Chopra., A widowed theatre director moves to Connecticut after his wife’s violent death, only to be plunged into a murder case involving a despised businessman., Directed by Joyce Chopra, Murder in a Small Town stars Gene Wilder as a successful Broadway director who moves to Connecticut after suffering a tragic loss. Before long, the local police find that they could use his help — his penchant for nailing human psychology and its motivations is uncanny, and it may help solve a strange murder case. The film also features Cherry Jones, Deirdre O’Connell, Mike Starr, and Frances Conroy., The whole town is in shock when the young wife of a preacher commits suicide. But her mother soon begins to suspect that it may have been murder., A pastor’s wife dies and it’s ruled a suicide, but her mother doesn’t believe her daughter killed herself. She tries to prove that her daughter’s husband, a beloved pastor, is a murderer. Inspired by a true story., Mystery about a Broadway director who is asked to assist the police when a local industrialist is found murdered. Following the death of his wife, the theatrical impresario decides to leave the rat race in order to become director of a community theatre in Connecticut. But when the most hated man in town is killed, the director is called upon to help solve the mystery.