Over My Dead Body Pilot (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 60 min | Crime, Drama

Over My Dead Body

Pilot (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 60 min | Crime, Drama

A former Scotland Yard inspector now living in LA is pestered by a fan to investigate a murder she claims has occurred but that the police dismiss as there is no evidence of the crime.

Director

Bradford May

Writers

Edmund Beloin (suggested by a screenplay by) | Leslie Charteris (suggested by a story by) | David Chisholm (story) (teleplay) | William Link (story) | Robert O'Brien (suggested by a screenplay by)

Producers

Mark A. Burley | Ken Topolsky

Composers

Peter Bernstein | Lee Holdridge (music by)

Cinematographer

Eric van Haren Noman (as Eric Van Haren Noman)

Editors

Christopher Cooke | Tom Finan

Casting Directors

Abra Edelman | Maryann Kohler

Production Designer

Ward Preston

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 26, 1990

Release date

Oct 26, 1990 (United States)

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34 cast members

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