Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (2001)
Jessica Fletcher discovers a shocking old family secret that leads her on a journey to the deep South to bring to light the mysterious details surrounding the death of a slave owned by one of her long dead ancestors in the mid-1800s.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
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Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough |
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Phylicia Rashād as Cassandra Hawkins |
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Michael Jace as Samuel Pinkney |
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David Ogden Stiers as Stanford Thornton |
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Madison Mason as Charles Hobbs |
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Tim Abell as Jeb McNell |
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Beth Grant as Louisa Ashland |
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Walton Goggins as Billy Weber |
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Taraji P. Henson as Bess Pinckney |
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Gloria Stuart as Eliza Hoops |
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Tim DeKay as Robert Mercer |
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Elizabeth Dennehy as Archivist |
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John Hostetter as Cornelius Ashland |
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Keith Jefferson as Jeremiah Jessup |
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Lee Garlington as Laura Lee Curtis |
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Jeremiah Birkett as Jim |
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Peter Sherayko as Morgan Spencer |
| Writing | Matthew Sommer | Writer |
| Directing | Anthony Pullen Shaw | Director |
| Production | Christopher N. Seiter | Co-Producer |
| Camera | Fred Murphy | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Stanley Clarke | Original Music Composer |