Murder by the Book

IMDb link: 0093585
IMDb rating: 5.3 (240 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Director: Mel Damski
Cast: Fred Gwynne, Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Hays, Christopher Murney and others

Release date: 17 Mar 1987
Release year: 1987
Runtime: 100 minutes
Country: Canada, United States
Keywords: writer, fictional character, police detective, damsel in distress, hard boiled detective, hallucination, fraud, mystery writer, murder, fantasy becomes reality

Plot:

Mild-mannered mystery writer D. H. Mercer has become so immersed in his material that his creation, hard-boiled private eye Biff Deegan constantly appears to him as a hallucination. Intent on getting rid of Biff, and replacing him with a more civilized detective, Mercer soon finds himself in a genuine mystery involving art fraud, murder, and a beautiful lady in peril.

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