Die Laughing
Brief Synopsis
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Detective B.L. Stryker saves the life of Toby Beaumont, a once-top rated television comedian, now in the downside of his career. The near-misses on Beaumont's life continue and Stryker, hoping the past will be revealing, looks into Beaumont's beginnings as a Catskill Mountains comic.
Cast & Crew
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Burt Reynolds
Director
John Douglass
Alfie Wise
Jack Swanson
Greta Tremmel
Frank Kopyc
Film Details
Also Known As
ABC Saturday Mystery (12/16/89), The, B.L. Stryker (12/16/89), Laughing
Genre
Action
Release Date
1989
Location
West Palm Beach, Florida, USA; Jupiter, Florida, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
Detective B.L. Stryker saves the life of Toby Beaumont, a once-top rated television comedian, now in the downside of his career. The near-misses on Beaumont's life continue and Stryker, hoping the past will be revealing, looks into Beaumont's beginnings as a Catskill Mountains comic.
Cast
John Douglass
Alfie Wise
Jack Swanson
Greta Tremmel
Frank Kopyc
Ronald J Knight
Michael O Smith
C James Lewis
Michael Mantell
Camille Sands
Dana Kaminsky
Carol Suhr
Dana Ivey
Pam Seals
Ted Mcginley
Matt Battaglia
Brent Sexton
Scot Heminger
Greg Dietrich
Lynn Llewelyn
Ossie Davis
Dom Deluise
Richard Le Pore
Burt Reynolds
Big Mike Tiedeberg
Anne Gilliam-martin
Crew
Chris Abbott
Screenplay
Chris Abbott
Co-Executive Producer
Stanton Barrett
Stunt Coordinator
Shirley Bird
Set Costumer
Michael Brum
Transportation Coordinator
Tim Burns
Story Editor
Mary Lou Byrd
Costume Supervisor
Michael Desilva
Property Master
Jan Dewitt
Unit Production Manager
Daniel Eccleston
Gaffer
Snuff Garrett
Music
Melanie Grefe
Assistant Director
Christopher Griffin
Assistant Director
Elaine Hall
Assistant
Isabel Harkins
Makeup
John Hobbs
Music
Rena Howard
Costumes
Myrna Huffman
Production Coordinator
Lamar Jackson
Associate Producer
Scott Jacobson
Set Decorator
Charles Floyd Johnson
Co-Executive Producer
Greg Kasper
Key Grip
Cici Kelly
Production Auditor
Peggy Kirton
Casting
Darin Knight
Sound Mixer
Lynn Kressel
Casting
Phil Leto
Hair
William Link
Executive Producer
Steve Lovejoy
Editor
Nick Mclean
Director Of Photography
Dean Edward Mitzner
Production Designer
David Nelson
Music
Mike Post
Theme Music
Burt Reynolds
Co-Executive Producer
Clarke Rigsby
Music
Manlio Rocchetti
Makeup
Norman Saling
Costume Designer
Valerie Schields
Location Manager
Mark R Schilz
Coproducer
Tom Selleck
Executive Producer
Jack B Sowards
Producer
John M Stacy
Sound Editor
Kevin Stoller
Music
Eric Tignini
Assistant Director
Rick Weaver
Producer
Carol Wood
Art Director
Norma Jean Wood
Screenplay
Donald Woods
Music Editor
Lori S. Wyman
Casting
Melissa A Yonkey
Hair
Film Details
Also Known As
ABC Saturday Mystery (12/16/89), The, B.L. Stryker (12/16/89), Laughing
Genre
Action
Release Date
1989
Location
West Palm Beach, Florida, USA; Jupiter, Florida, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States December 16, 1989
Airing as part of a rotating series of telefilms, broadcast under the title "The ABC Saturday Mystery."
