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The Lady in Question (1999 film)

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The Lady in Question
Promotional poster
Genre
Written by
Directed byJoyce Chopra
Starring
Music byJohn Morris
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Stan Margulies
  • Craig McNeil
  • Steven Paul
Production locationToronto
CinematographyBruce Surtees
EditorAngelo Corrao
Running time100 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkA&E
ReleaseDecember 12, 1999 (1999-12-12)
Related
Murder in a Small Town

The Lady in Question is a 1999 American television mystery crime-thriller film directed by Joyce Chopra. It represents the last leading role and film for Gene Wilder and his last credit as screenwriter. As in the previous film Murder in a Small Town, Wilder plays the amateur detective Larry "Cash" Carter.[1][2] It was broadcast by A&E on December 12, 1999.[3]

Plot summary

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Cast

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Production

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After the high ratings A&E received for Murder in a Small Town, the first Cash Carter mystery, The Lady in Question began filming in Toronto in May 1999.[4]

Although A&E and Granada Entertainment USA planned to develop the Gene Wilder character as a franchise,[4][5] only two Cash Carter films were produced. On January 30, 2000, Wilder was admitted to Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center for a stem-cell transplant, a follow-up to treatment he received in 1999 for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Wilder checked in under the name Larry Carter, his character's name in the two A&E films.[6]: 237 

Home video releases

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  • 1999, A&E Home Video, VHS (AAE-17606), ISBN 0-7670-2316-1
  • 2002, A&E Home Video, DVD (AAE-72223), ISBN 0-7670-6956-0

References

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  1. ^ Martin Renzhofer (December 11, 1999). "Wilder's Back Sleuthing A&E Murder". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. ^ Ray Richmond (December 6, 1999). "Variety Reviews - The Lady in Question". Variety. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. ^ Martie Zad (December 12, 1999). "Gene Wilder Returns as Sly Sleuth". The Washington Post.
  4. ^ a b Dempsey, John, "A&E commits more 'Murder'". Daily Variety, April 6, 1999
  5. ^ DePalma, Anthony, "Wilder Goes Back in Time to Move Ahead". The New York Times, January 10, 1999
  6. ^ Wilder, Gene, Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2005, SBN 0-312-33706-X.
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