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Short summary

After meeting with a client in an old nightclub, David and Maddie learn about a murder that took place there: the singer and a cornet player fell in love and killed her husband. They went to the chair saying the other one did it. David and Maddie discuss the murder: David thinks the woman did it, Maddie thinks the guy did; they wind up insulting each other. At home they each have a dream (in black and white) recapping what happened in 1946. Maddie dreams of the singer and her husband who've remained friends though the fire has gone out of their relationship; the cornet player arrives and seduces her, convincing her to get rid of the husband. He kills him, making it look like an accident, but then tells the cops she did it. David's version has the new cornet player coming to the club just wanting to play; she has a bad marriage and he was her way out; she seduces him, gets him to kill her husband, then sends him off to fry.

The episode opens with an introduction by Orson Welles. It was his last time in front of a camera; he died 5 days before the episode was broadcast. His name didn't appear in the opening or end credits, but a caption card at the beginning read "This program is dedicated to the memory of Orson Welles 1915-1985".

Welles had approached the producers about appearing on the show after he saw some episodes and was impressed by its originality.

Cost $2 million to produce, making it the most expensive episode in the series.

This is the highest rated episode of the series.

This episode is quite possibly inspired by the 1977 Martin Scorsese movie, "New York, New York" starring Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli.

At the end, when David is being electrocuted, the number on his prison uniform is 08069, the zip code of Penns Grove, NJ, where he grew up.


Episode complete credited cast:
Cybill Shepherd Cybill Shepherd - Maddie Hayes
Bruce Willis Bruce Willis - David Addison Jr.
Allyce Beasley Allyce Beasley - Agnes DiPesto
Jack Bannon Jack Bannon - Clubowner / Jerry Adams
Phil Rubenstein Phil Rubenstein - Mr. Bigelow / Sloan
Raleigh Bond Raleigh Bond - Potter
Francis X. McCarthy Francis X. McCarthy - Lt. Matthews (as Frank McCarthy)
Freeman King Freeman King - Bartender
Bill Handy Bill Handy - Jailor
Nick DeMauro Nick DeMauro - Priest
Orson Welles Orson Welles - Orson Welles
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