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The Pressure to Murder

The Pressure to Murder

1996TV Episode⏱️ 45mTV-PG
CrimeDramaMystery
7.7
IMDB Rating
102 votes

Sloan investigates the death of a medical intern who was Amanda's cousin. The key is ABADCAD in more ways than one.

Director
Christopher Hibler
Writers
N/A
Stars
Dick Van Dyke, Victoria Rowell, Charlie Schlatter
Release Date
February 9, 1996
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Dick Van Dyke
Dick Van Dyke
as Dr. Mark Sloan
Victoria Rowell
Victoria Rowell
as Amanda Bentley-Livingston
Charlie Schlatter
Charlie Schlatter
as Dr. Jesse Travis
Michael Tucci
Michael Tucci
as Norman Briggs
Barry Van Dyke
Barry Van Dyke
as Steve Sloan
Ronny Cox
Ronny Cox
as Dr. Nathan Harding
Michael Reilly Burke
Michael Reilly Burke
as Kyle Harding
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Michael Stadvec
as Billy Marco
Ian Patrick Williams
Ian Patrick Williams
as Mr. Plargent
Monica Allison
Monica Allison
as Brenda Arthur

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Stereo
Color
Color
Production
Dean Hargrove Productions, Fred Silverman Company, Viacom Productions

🏷️ Keywords

cozy mystery

🎯 Categories

Cozy MysteryCrimeDramaMystery

⭐ Featured Review

The Pressure to Murder
by Prismark102025-12-25
6/10

"Rugby football comes to America. Amanda is watching her cousin Troy play with his colleagues, a team of medical interns. After the match he feels drowsy and drives his motorcycle off a cliff. He could had just stopped as Amanda was right behind him. The autopsy discovers that Troy was loaded with Triptezine tablets placed in his sports drink. It was a case of murder. The suspects could be the other interns, one of them has a father who is a renowned surgeon. I did like the comedy side plot involving Norman having to deal with a computer virus. For some reason the murderer here was a bit t..."

💡 Did You Know?

Mark, in trying to figure out the meaning of the cryptic "ABADCAD" tries playing it as musical notes on a keyboard. The title of the 1983 hit song "Abacab" by Genesis gets its title from the first six chords of its melody.

📖 Synopsis

Sloan investigates the death of a medical intern who was Amanda's cousin. The key is ABADCAD in more ways than one.