17 Mar 1989
Fletch Lives
Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns up dead, he becomes a suspect and must find the killer and clear his name.
Way Down South
In the pre-Civil War South, a plantation owner dies and leaves all his possessions, including his slaves, to his young son. While the deceased treated his slaves decently, his corrupt executor abuses them unmercifully, beating them without provocation, and he is planning to sell off the father'e estate--including the slaves--at the earliest opportunity so he and his mistress can steal the money and move to France. The young boy doesn't want to sell his father's estate or break up an of the slave families, and he has to find someone to help him thwart the crooked executor's plans.
Top Billed Cast
Bobby Breen Timothy Reed Jr.
Alan Mowbray Jacques Bouton
Ralph Morgan Timothy Reed Sr.
Steffi Duna Pauline Dubini
Clarence Muse Uncle Caton
Sally Blane Claire Bouton
Edwin Maxwell Martin Dill
Charles Middleton Cass
Robert Greig Judge Ravenal
Lillian Yarbo Janie
Matthew Beard Gumbo
Willie Best Chimney Sweep
Stanley Blystone Slave Auctioneer
Mildred Boyd Dancing Slave
Don Brodie Slave Buyer
Jack Carr Luke
Ed Cassidy Slave Trader
Jack Clisby Servant
Charles Dixon Drummer
Ruby Elzy Singer in Hall Johnson Choir
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