Murder in Music City

Sonny Bono buys a Nashville detective agency for a song. But someone's out to cancel his contract — permanently!

Genres

ComedyMysteryTV Movie

OverView

A brash songwriter who buys a detective agency as a tax shelter finds himself and his photographer's model bride involved in a puzzling murder, when a dead body turns up in their honeymoon suite, and on a trail that leads them to Nashville.

Others

Budget

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Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

95 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

16 January 1979

Country

United States of America

Cast

Sonny Bono

Sonny Hunt

Lee Purcell

Samantha Hunt

Lucille Benson

Mrs. Bloom

Claude Akins

Billy West

Belinda Montgomery

Peggy Ann West

Morgan Fairchild

Dana Morgan

Michael MacRae

Chigger Wade

Harry Bellaver

Jim Feegan

Charlie Daniels

Self

Larry Gatlin

Self

Barbara Mandrell

Self

Ronnie Milsap

Self

Boots Randolph

Self

Ray Stevens

Self

Mel Tillis

Self

Jim Owen

Sam Prine

T. Tommy Cutrer

Lt. Culver

Pete Gardner

Sonny Grosso

Jack Barlow

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