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Talent Associates-Norton Simon & Universal Television present

The Female Instinct

directed by Leonard B. Stern

19721h 40mNRComedy

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Talent Associates-Norton Simon & Universal Television present

The Female Instinct

directed by Leonard B. Stern

19721h 40mNRComedy

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§ Synopsis

Comedy · Crime · Drama · Mystery · TV Movie

A spinster and her widowed sister, both authors of murder mystery novels, try to track down the killer of a former movie star. Pilot to TV series The Snoop Sisters.

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based on novel or book tv pilot amateur sleuth

§ Crew

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Director

Leonard B. Stern

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§ Cast

8 of 17

Helen Hayes

as Ernesta Snoop

Mildred Natwick

Mildred Natwick

as Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson

Charlie Callas

Jill Clayburgh

Bill Dana

as Melvin Kaplan

Ed Flanders

as Milo Perkins

Kurt Kasznar

as Alexander Scalamdri

Edward Platt

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