A Matter of Wife And Death (1975)

• Director
  • Marvin J. Chomsky
• Writers
  • Barry Beckerman(characters)
  • Don Ingalls
• Stars
  • Rod Taylor
  • Marc Alaimo
  • Abraham Alvarez

  Rod Taylor stars in this feature-length pilot film for the unsold TV series Shamus. The star is cast as Shamus McCoy, who befitting his name, makes his living as a private detective. While investigating the bomb killing over another gumshoe, McCoy picks up a trail of evidence leading to a major gambling operation. Anita Gillette played the "wife" in question, one Helen Baker. A Matter of Wife...and Death first aired April 10, 1976 on NBC -- an event unheralded by TV Guide, which mistakenly listed a telecast of the theatrical feature The Ballad of Cable Hogue on that same evening.