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Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder poster
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Excellent
MASTER SCORE 73.3 / 100
2019·Crime / Drama / Mystery·1h 23m

CROSSWORD MYSTERIES: PROPOSING MURDER

When an old friend of New York Sentinel Crosswords editor Tess Harper is found murdered on the very day her puzzle includes his proposal of marriage, Tess unofficially teams up with Detective Logan O’Connor to find the killer.

Above the Line
Don McCutcheon·DirectorGregg Rossen·WriterBrian Sawyer·WriterJonathan Yapp·Director of PhotographyMichael Richard Plowman·Original Music ComposerGordon McClellan·Editor
Cast
Lacey Chabert·Tess HarperBrennan Elliott·Logan O'ConnorBarbara Niven·Aunt CandaceJohn Kapelos·Chief Chauncey O'ConnorRomaine Waite·Winston SamsLara Jean Chorostecki·Christina BlakeAlex Paxton-Beesley·Abby MillerKimberly J. Brown·AngelaKyle Buchanan·Lyle ClarkLindsay Owen Pierre·Emory Nelson
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 1
Don McCutcheon·Director
Writing· 5
Gregg Rossen·WriterBrian Sawyer·StoryWill Shortz·StoryGregg Rossen·StoryBrian Sawyer·Writer
Camera· 1
Jonathan Yapp·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Gordon McClellan·Editor
Sound & Music· 1
Michael Richard Plowman·Original Music Composer
Art & Design· 2
Marion Pon·Production DesignGraham Caswell·Art Direction
Production· 19
Brad Krevoy·Executive ProducerDon McCutcheon·Executive ProducerBrian Sawyer·Executive ProducerJimmy Townsend·Executive ProducerAmanda Phillips·Executive ProducerAmy Krell·Executive ProducerEric Jarboe·Executive ProducerDavid Anselmo·ProducerLacey Chabert·Executive ProducerBrennan Elliott·Executive ProducerGregg Rossen·Executive ProducerWill Shortz·Executive ProducerSusie Belzberg Krevoy·Executive ProducerKaitlyn Greenough·Associate ProducerPatrick Tobin·Associate ProducerByron A. Martin·Unit Production ManagerAllan Fung·Supervising ProducerMichael Shepard·Co-Executive ProducerJulia Currie·Associate Producer
By the Numbers
73.3
OF 100
Master Score
6.9
OF 10
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