TV Q&A: 'Murder in Texas' and 'NCIS'

There was a made-for-TV movie starring Sam Elliott and Katherine Ross. Sam was a doctor plotting to kill his wife by slowly poisoning her with bacteria he created in his lab. Can you help me?You are probably thinking of "Murder in Texas," a 1981 miniseries about a lurid and complicated scandal. Elliott played Dr. John Hill, suspected of having killed his wealthy wife, Joan Robinson Hill, played by Farrah Fawcett. Ross played Ann Kurth, John Hill's lover and later his wife.

On the May 18 episode of "NCIS," what was the name of the song they played when Gibbs (Mark Harmon, right) was riding down the beach, and who sang it? Some of the words were about "there's no grave that can hold me down." I think it was sung by Johnny Cash, but my sister says no.

That was "Ain't No Grave," with a lyric including "there ain't no grave / gonna hold my body down." It was, indeed, sung by Cash, and was among the last recordings Cash made before his death in 2003.

- Akron Beacon-Journal