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| Rehearsal for Murder | 
 enlarge | Director: David Greene
Actors: Robert Preston, Lynn Redgrave, Patrick Macnee, Lawrence Pressman, William Russ
Studio: Simitar Ent.
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 69885
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 96
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 082551752928
EAN: 0082551752928
ASIN: B00000IPHJ
Theatrical Release Date: May 26, 1982
Release Date: May 18, 1999
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Rehearsal for Murder fits the template of popular TV shows such as Murder, She Wrote and Diagnosis Murder. But that doesn't make it a worthy movie. The pedestrian plot involves five theater people who believe they are auditioning for a new play but have in fact been brought together to discern who among them is the murderer of Broadway star Monica Wells (Lynn Redgrave). After Monica's death is misinterpreted as suicide, her distraught fiance, a not-so-Neil Simon playwright named Alex Dennison (Robert Preston), concocts the idea for a play within a play. He's invited these five to read for his newest opus. The catch? They all had dealings with Monica prior to her demise. It may hope to be a twisty Anne Perry, Miss Marple, or P.D. James thriller, but Rehearsal for Murder is in fact a trifle that takes itself too seriously and rambles in the final third. --Paula Nechak
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 Ah a good mystery from the 70's November 23, 2008
Rehearsal for a Murder is from the golden age of the 70's mysteries of tv. For those of us who were there it seemed like there was a good mystery every week or a mystery series that was great,i.e. Banacek. The story is set on a stage and the actors are called to read for a new play. However the script is to find out who killed the playwright's girlfriend. Each actor has a motive and there is a cop on hand to keep people from leaving till the play is done. No more about the story because any more and the movie is ruined. Now watching it today the actors seem too old for some of the parts,i.e. Robert Preston as the lover/playwright. The movie takes its time on some sceens and there is very little action. Think of this as a mind game, where the viewer has to listen for the clues. The clues are given to you but in a very subtle manner. I grew up to be a play director and I have done this story as a play. As a play it moves faster, but the story still stands up. If you are the generation that grew up on action, action, and little story then runaway from this movie.
 Great movie with a twist January 11, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was a fairly good Made For T.V movie. I actullay purcahsed this because I was cast as the Jeff Goldblum Character in a community theatre version of the play by the same name. The dialogue is basically word for word, with some characters from the play not int the movie and sexes changed in the movie as well. A good movie to see on a rainy day with nothing else to do
An interesting plot twist September 8, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Maybe it is not the Best Movie in the World, but I found it enjoyable, especially for the final twist. I think it was a play first and it shows: not much imagination in the scenes, a rather drab setting. But still enjoyable.
Great mystery from the creators of Columbo! March 20, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is one of the best TV mysteries I've ever seen. Non-mystery fans may consider the setup preposterous, but the directive "buy the premise, buy the bit" applies here. It wasn't impressive till the end, then all became clear. If you love Levinson & Link mysteries, like the movie Murder By Natural Causes, or the TV serieses (plural?) Columbo or Columbo's descendant Murder She Wrote, you'll enjoy the twists in the plot. Just like you have to be a PeeWee Herman fan to like PeeWee Herman movies, this is a classic mystery for true mystery lovers.
 THE ONLY CRIME IS THAT THIS MESS WAS MADE! February 9, 2003
0 out of 10 found this review helpful
Poor Robert Preston. We understand that everyone needs to earn a living, but to earn it in such a fetid fashion is unforgivable. We shouldn't blame the poor music man ... the plot is inane, the writing pedestrian and the direction is stiffer than a Viagra test room. (You know something is very wrong when even the folks who wrote the packaging copy refer to the flick's co-star Lynn Redgrave as "Vanessa Redgrave." Poor Lynn is engaged to poor Robert. She "commits suicide" on the very the night she makes her Broadway debut ... in a show he wrote. Preston is out to prove it was murder, and gathers all the possibilites in an empty theater ... sort of "The Last of Sheila" meets "And Then There Were None." The careers of co-stars William Daniels, Patrick Macnee and Jeff Goldlbum managed to survive this horror. This film doesn't. Close the curtain. Now!
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