Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (1995)
Inspired by the the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning, Miami-based journalist, Edna Buchanan, who investigates the murder of a man with ties to the Miami mafia.
Top billed cast
Elizabeth MontgomeryEdna Buchanan
Yaphet KottoMarty Talbot
Audra LindleyJean
Dean StockwellAaron Bliss
Joe FlaniganScott Cameron
Jenifer LewisDenice Cooper
Richard LinebackBilly Coleman
Liz SheridanWendy Padison
Saundra SantiagoRosinha Zulueta
David SpielbergGeorge
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