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The Case of the Red Faced Thespian

Higgins sustains a concussion hours before the guests are to arrive for a charity gala at the estate, and begins to lapse in and out of believing he is famed Shakespearean actor Sir Fearing Pangborn; Thomas enlists Rick and T.C. to cover security for the event while he takes up the slack left by Higgins's injury, and has his hands full when all the guests, dressed as famous characters of the 1920s in keeping with the gala's "Great Gatsby" theme, begin to arrive hours ahead of the appointed time; a crime wave breaks out when someone dressed in the same Charlie Chaplin costume as Rick is seen fleeing from a guest's room moments before thousands of dollars in cash and jewelry are reported missing and an addled Higgins is the prime suspect in the murder of one of the guests; as he begins to realize that people and events are not what they seem, Thomas takes his inspiration from the six-hour First Annual KHKU Agatha Christie Film Festival he viewed the previous night to solve the crimes a

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  • Originally Aired January 19, 1984
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Production Code 7606
  • Network CBS
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Created February 27, 2017 by
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  • Modified April 20, 2023 by
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Name Type Role
Robert Hamilton Writer
Ronald Lacey Guest Star
Laurette Spang Guest Star
Colleen Camp Guest Star
Vonetta McGee Guest Star
June Chadwick Guest Star
John P. Romano Guest Star
John McCook Guest Star
Ivan Dixon Director