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  • TV Episode | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

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The Hemline Heist (Season 2, Episode 20)
TV Episode | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A fashion designer is murdered three times simultaneously as he presents during a fashion show -- by drinking cyanide-laced champagne, getting shot and having a spotlight tumble onto his head. The rest of the episode is shown in flashbacks...See moreA fashion designer is murdered three times simultaneously as he presents during a fashion show -- by drinking cyanide-laced champagne, getting shot and having a spotlight tumble onto his head. The rest of the episode is shown in flashbacks, as the story unfolds of how people stole the formula for his latest show-stopping fashion and tried -- independently of each other but at the exact same moment -- to kill him for trying to find out who did it. (The three killers are all caught trying to escape in a coda at the end.) Written by Peter Harris See less
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Director
Writers
Jack Guss | Glen A. Larson (created by)
Producer
Composer
Cinematographer
Frank Beascoechea (as Frank P. Beascoechea)
Status
Edit Released
Updated Feb 27, 1977

Release date
Feb 27, 1977 (United States)

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15 cast members
Name Known for
Robert Wagner
Pete T. Ryan Pete T. Ryan   See fewer
Eddie Albert
Frank MacBride Frank MacBride   See fewer
Charlie Callas
Malcolm Argos Malcolm Argos   See fewer
Sharon Gless
Maggie Philbin Maggie Philbin   See fewer
Dick Gautier
Rafe Kelso Rafe Kelso   See fewer
BarBara Luna
Chicana (as Barbara Luna) Chicana (as Barbara Luna)   See fewer
Gloria Calomee
Flight Attendant Flight Attendant   See fewer
Sheree North
Sylvia Sylvia   See fewer
Kelly Thordsen
Harrison Cole Harrison Cole   See fewer
Murray MacLeod
Jason Sloan Jason Sloan   See fewer
Walter Mathews
Felix (as Walter Mathew) Felix (as Walter Mathew)   See fewer
Ben Wright
Pindar Pindar   See fewer
Susan Krebs
Daphne Newman Daphne Newman   See fewer
Carole Tru Foster
Olivia (as Carole Foster) Olivia (as Carole Foster)   See fewer
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