Murder at the Mardi Gras

Murder at the Mardis Gras is a 1978 television film directed by Ken Annakin. It aired as a Wednesday night movie on CBS.

Premise
A Philadelphia waitress, Julie Evans, wins a trip to New Orleans during Mardi Gras where she witnesses a murder. She encounters a series of colourful characters, including a pickpocket, a husband and wife writing team, and the investigating cop.

Cast

 * Didi Conn as Julie Evans
 * David Groh
 * Harry Morgan as the investigating cop
 * Joyce Van Patten
 * Bill Daily as Jack Murphy
 * Wolfman Jack as himself
 * Gregg Henry
 * David Wayne as a pickpocket
 * Barbi Benton as herself
 * Ron Silver as Larry Cook

Production
Filming took place on location in New Orleans. It starred Didi Conn who had just been in the films Grease and You Light Up My Life. It was the first of a series of TV movies directed by Ken Annakin.

Reception
The Los Angeles Times called it a "deft, pleasing diversion."

The Tampa Tribune calls it "a potentially entertaining mystery that falls faster than a party-goer on Bourbon Street with sloppy casting and even sloppier script."