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The Lady in Question (1999 film)

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'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.

It was broadcast by A&E on December 12, 1999.

Cast



* Gene Wilder as Larry "Cash" Carter

* Mike Starr as Det. Tony Rossini

* Cherry Jones as Mimi Barnes

* Barbara Sukowa as Rachel Singer

* John Benjamin Hickey as Paul Kessler

* Claire Bloom as Emma Sachs

* Michael Cumpsty as Klaus Gruber

* Dixie Seatle as Gertie Moser

Production



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.Dempsey, John, "A&E commits more 'Murder'". 'Daily Variety', April 6, 1999

Although A&E and Granada Entertainment USA planned to develop the Gene Wilder character as a franchise,DePalma, Anthony, [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/10/tv/cover-story-wilder-goes-back-in-time-to-move-ahead.html "Wilder Goes Back in Time to Move Ahead".] 'The New York Times', January 10, 1999 only two Cash Carter films were produced. On January 30, 2000, Wilder was admitted to Memorial SloanKettering 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.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.

Home video releases



* 1999, A&E Home Video, VHS (AAE-17606),

* 2002, A&E Home Video, DVD (AAE-72223),

References




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