While on a cruise, Jessica helps an old friend, now a ship's security chief, investigate when a woman is found dead in the cargo area.While on a cruise, Jessica helps an old friend, now a ship's security chief, investigate when a woman is found dead in the cargo area.While on a cruise, Jessica helps an old friend, now a ship's security chief, investigate when a woman is found dead in the cargo area.
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- TriviaJessica (Angela Lansbury) mentions that she and Leslie (Lee Meriwether) went to college together. In real life Angela Lansbury is ten years older than Lee Meriwether.
- GoofsWhen the burglar bumps into Jessica as she enters her stateroom it's an obvious stunt double, taller and with a thinner neck than Angela Lansbury.
- Quotes
Janet Fisk: Never point a gun at someone you don't intend to kill.
- ConnectionsReferences Ship of Fools (1965)
- SoundtracksMurder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison
Featured review
Goodbye Dennis
Have always been quite fond of 'Murder She Wrote'. It is a fun and relaxing watch that makes you think as you try to unwind in the evening. If one wants more complex, twisty mysteries with lots of tension and suspense 'Murder She Wrote' may not be for you, but if you want something light-hearted and entertaining but still provide good mysteries 'Murder She Wrote' fits the bill just fine.
Nearing towards the end of a wildly hit and miss Season 9 (when it missed, like with particularly "The Mole" it really did miss), "Ship of Thieves" to me has always been one of its best episodes along with "A Christmas Secret", "The Petrified Florist", "Threshold of Fear" and "Final Curtain". Notable for being recurring character Dennis Stanton's swansong, it is one of his best episodes easily and it is sad to see him go. The mystery could have featured ever so slightly more in the episode, but it is an engaging and clever one with a by Season 9 standards a pretty fabulous ending.
As said in my reviews for the previous Dennis Stanton episodes, personally like the character and consider him generally in his own way one of the better recurring characters, that was deserving of material that on the most part did him justice. His episodes with Jessica are very good to great, his book-end episodes were more variable. He is charming, suave, sophisticated and charismatic enough to be both lead and supporting, and the talented Keith Michell (we are talking about one of the best Henry VIII's, perhaps his most famous role) in film and television) portrays him beautifully. Love his sparkling chemistry with Angela Lansbury's ever dependably great Jessica, they are so charming together.
They are very well supported by a supporting cast more than up to the task, with scene-stealing honours belonging to Lee Meriwether and especially Jane Withers.
Production values as always are slick and stylish and the ship setting is very grand. On a side note, of the 'Murder She Wrote' episodes set on a ship "Ship of Thieves" gets my vote as the best one, to me it's the only great one. The music has energy and has presence but also not making the mistake of over-scoring, while it is hard to forget or resist the theme tune.
The writing is thought-provoking and amiable, especially with Jessica and Dennis, and the episode does intrigue hugely.
Overall, great episode and a worthy episode for Dennis Stanton to go out on. 9/10 Bethany Cox
Nearing towards the end of a wildly hit and miss Season 9 (when it missed, like with particularly "The Mole" it really did miss), "Ship of Thieves" to me has always been one of its best episodes along with "A Christmas Secret", "The Petrified Florist", "Threshold of Fear" and "Final Curtain". Notable for being recurring character Dennis Stanton's swansong, it is one of his best episodes easily and it is sad to see him go. The mystery could have featured ever so slightly more in the episode, but it is an engaging and clever one with a by Season 9 standards a pretty fabulous ending.
As said in my reviews for the previous Dennis Stanton episodes, personally like the character and consider him generally in his own way one of the better recurring characters, that was deserving of material that on the most part did him justice. His episodes with Jessica are very good to great, his book-end episodes were more variable. He is charming, suave, sophisticated and charismatic enough to be both lead and supporting, and the talented Keith Michell (we are talking about one of the best Henry VIII's, perhaps his most famous role) in film and television) portrays him beautifully. Love his sparkling chemistry with Angela Lansbury's ever dependably great Jessica, they are so charming together.
They are very well supported by a supporting cast more than up to the task, with scene-stealing honours belonging to Lee Meriwether and especially Jane Withers.
Production values as always are slick and stylish and the ship setting is very grand. On a side note, of the 'Murder She Wrote' episodes set on a ship "Ship of Thieves" gets my vote as the best one, to me it's the only great one. The music has energy and has presence but also not making the mistake of over-scoring, while it is hard to forget or resist the theme tune.
The writing is thought-provoking and amiable, especially with Jessica and Dennis, and the episode does intrigue hugely.
Overall, great episode and a worthy episode for Dennis Stanton to go out on. 9/10 Bethany Cox
- TheLittleSongbird
- Nov 6, 2017
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