Murder Can Hurt You (stylized onscreen as Murder Can Hurt You!) is a 1980 American made-for-television comedy film that parodies detective and police TV shows of the 1960s and 1970s, much as Murder by Death spoofed literary detectives. The film was directed by Roger Duchowny.
Plot A mysterious "Man in White" is out to kill detectives in bizarre ways, and the characters are parodies of Kojak, Baretta, Starsky and Hutch, Ironside, Police Woman, Columbo, Mrs. Columbo, and McCloud.
The movie starts with the Man In White killing Lambretta, after which Lt. Nojack calls a meeting of the detectives in the city. During this meeting the man in white threatens to kill them all, locks them in their meeting room, and sets a bomb to kill them all while he makes his escape.
The Aaron Spelling Productions logo at the end pays homage to Mark VII Limited, using a hammer and stamp.
Cast Actor Character Sends up: Don Adams(voice only) Narrator -- Marty Allen Detective Starkos Detective StavrosMel Blanc(voice only)Chickie Baby -- Victor Buono Ironbottom former Chief of Detectives Robert Ironside John Byner Hatch Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson Tony Danza Pony Lambretta Tony Baretta Jamie Farr Studsky David Starsky Mitchell Kreindel The Man in White -- Gavin MacLeod Nojack Lieutenant Theo Kojak Buck Owens MacSkye Marshal Samuel McCloud Connie Stevens Salty Sanderson Sergeant Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson Liz Torres Mrs. Palumbo Mrs. Columbo Jimmie Walker Parks the Pusher Mark Sanger Burt Young Lieutenant Palumbo Lieutenant Columbo
References
External links
Murder Can Hurt You at MSN Movies