Murder at the Mardis Gras is a 1978 television film directed by Ken Annakin.
[1][2][3] 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.
[4][5] It starred Didi Conn who had just been in the films Grease and You Light Up My Life.
"[4] 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.