Movie

Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

Released: May 2, 2001 (2001)

Runtime: 105 minutes

Genres: TV Movie, Mystery

Jessica Fletcher discovers a shocking old family secret that leads her on a journey to the deep South to bring to light the mysterious details surrounding the death of a slave owned by one of her long dead ancestors in the mid-1800s.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Gloria Stuart as Eliza Hoops
Age at release: 90
Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher / Sarah McCullough
Age at release: 75
David Ogden Stiers as Stanford Thornton
Age at release: 58
Madison Mason as Charles Hobbs
Age at release: 58
Phylicia Rashād as Cassandra Hawkins
Age at release: 52
Beth Grant as Louisa Ashland
Age at release: 51
Tim Abell as Jeb McNell
Age at release: 42
Michael Jace as Samuel Pinkney
Age at release: 38
Taraji P. Henson as Bess Pinckney
Age at release: 30
Walton Goggins as Billy Weber
Age at release: 29

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John Hostetter as Cornelius Ashland
Age at release: 54
Peter Sherayko as Morgan Spencer
Age at release: 54
Lee Garlington as Laura Lee Curtis
Age at release: 47
Elizabeth Dennehy as Archivist
Age at release: 40
Tim DeKay as Robert Mercer
Age at release: 37
Jeremiah Birkett as Jim
Age at release: 36
Keith Jefferson as Jeremiah Jessup
Age at release: 31