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Hardcastle and McCormick Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
23 Episodes 1983 - 1984
Episode 1
Rolling Thunder
Sun, Sep 18, 1983 60 mins
Mark and the judge target an industrialist suspected in the murder of Mark's best friend. Part 1 of two. Martin Cody: John Saxon. Sara: Mary Jackson. Barbara Johnson: Faye Grant. Mark: Daniel Hugh Kelly.
Episode 2
Rolling Thunder
Sun, Sep 18, 1983 60 mins
Conclusion. Hardcastle (Brian Keith) uses the Coyote race car as bait to snare Flip Johnson's murderer. Martin Cody: John Saxon. McCormick: Daniel Hugh Kelly. Sara: Mary Jackson. Barbara Johnson: Faye Grant.
Episode 3
Man in a Glass House
Sun, Sep 25, 1983 60 mins
A retired mobster's memoirs contain insulting remarks about Hardcastle (Brian Keith) and have the hood's former cohorts fearing for their lives. Cadillac: John Marley. Deseau: Lance Henriksen. Reems: Frank Campanella. McCormick: Daniel Hugh Kelly.
Episode 4
The Crystal Duck
Sun, Oct 2, 1983 60 mins
A parolee staying with McCormick holds up Hardcastle's poker game to pay off his blackmailing parole officer. Hollins: Joe Pantoliano. Quinlan: Nicolas Coster. Hardcastle: Brian Keith. Sara: Mary Jackson.
Episode 5
Goin' Nowhere Fast
Sun, Oct 9, 1983 60 mins
Hardcastle (Brian Keith) tracks down a prison escapee who phoned the judge to let him know he was out. J.J. Beal: Robert Desiderio. Donna May McCabe: Caren Kaye. Landers: Antony Ponzini. Mark: Daniel Hugh Kelly.
Episode 6
Black Widow
Sun, Oct 16, 1983 60 mins
A femme fatale may be saving Hardcastle some work: the hoods she runs around with all tend to end up dead. Brian Keith. Tina: Marta DuBois. McCormick: Daniel Hugh Kelly. Jersey Joe Beiber: Robert Viharo.
Episode 7
The Boxer
Sun, Oct 23, 1983 60 mins
A crooked fight promoter (Richard Romanus) pressures the father of an Olympic hopeful to have his son turn pro and take a dive---just like his dad did 30 years earlier. Brian Keith, Daniel Hugh Kelly. Kid Calico: Richard Lawson.
Episode 8
Once Again with Vigorish
Sun, Oct 30, 1983 60 mins
A DA (Tricia O'Neil) wants to stop a loan shark who walked free by threatening her star witness's wife. Brian Keith, Daniel Hugh Kelly. Blackmore: Antonio Fargas. Bickford: Claude Earl Jones. Godfrey: Bill Wiley.
Episode 9
Killer B's
Sun, Nov 6, 1983 60 mins
Hardcastle persuades Buddy Ebsen to play in a movie made by a producer who makes films to cover his drug-smuggling operation. Sands: Ed Winter. Crystal: Tracy Scoggins. Kyle: John Sanderford. Hooley: Phil Hoover.
Episode 10
The Prince of Fat City
Sun, Nov 13, 1983 60 mins
Hardcastle takes in a paroled teen-gang leader who may be a killer---and is definitely the target of a crime boss. Harold: Stoney Jackson. Shelcroft: Victor Arnold. Hardcastle: Brian Keith. McCormick: Daniel Hugh Kelly. Johnson: Chuck Lindsly.
Episode 11
Hotshoes
Sun, Nov 27, 1983 60 mins
McCormick (Daniel Hugh Kelly) gets a shot at big-time racing and then learns that his sponsor deals in stolen goods. Brian Keith. Collins: Joe Ladue. Larry: Terry Kiser.
Episode 12
Flying Down to Rio
Sun, Dec 4, 1983 60 mins
Mark and the judge take a "vacation" in the Caribbean to deactivate an illegal-arms dealer. Brian Keith, Daniel Hugh Kelly. Agatha: Gail Strickland. Peter: Alan Feinstein.
Episode 13
Just Another Round of That Old Song
Sun, Dec 11, 1983 60 mins
After 25 years in prison, a parolee (Keenan Wynn) can't rememember where he buried his loot---and he's not the only one interested in finding it. Cagney: Jack Ging. Hardcastle: Brian Keith. McCormick: Daniel Hugh Kelly.
Episode 14
Third Down and Twenty Years to Life
Sun, Jan 1, 1984 60 mins
Hardcastle contests a young woman's claim that her brother, sent to prison by the judge for murder, was framed---until someone tries to abduct her. Gina: Corinne Bohrer. Bud: Garry Walberg. Hardcastle: Brian Keith. Susan Jean: Liberty Godshall.
Episode 15
Whistler's Pride
Sun, Jan 8, 1984 60 mins
A convict bequeaths Hardcastle a race horse with short legs and a huge feed bill. Brian Keith, Daniel Hugh Kelly. Casey: Ann Dusenberry. Lenore: Kathryn Leigh Scott. Giles: Ed Bernard. Brady: Tim Scott.
Episode 16
Mr. Hardcastle Goes to Washington
Sun, Jan 15, 1984 60 mins
Hardcastle is nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, a position he wants almost as much as a certain newspaper publisher doesn't want him to get it. Brian Keith, Daniel Hugh Kelly. Huntley: Richard Herd. Watts: Alex Courtney. Kenneth Boyer: James Whitmore Jr.
Episode 17
School for Scandal
Sun, Jan 29, 1984 60 mins
A former burglar who once charmed Hardcastle into a light sentence now runs a school for aspiring criminals. Farnell: Robert Culp. Hamilton: Doug McClure. Hardcastle: Brian Keith. Trish: Randi Brooks.
Episode 18
The Georgia Street Motors
Sun, Feb 5, 1984 60 mins
Hardcastle and McCormick tackle three judges who are dispensing vigilante justice by killing ex-cons they feel have beaten the system. Parnell: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Cadigan: Dana Elcar. Stern: Andrew Duggan. Hardcastle: Brian Keith. Mark: Daniel Hugh Kelly.
Episode 19
The Homecoming
Mon, Mar 5, 1984 60 mins
On a return visit to his hometown, Hardcastle encounters people who are willing to kill a farmer who wouldn't sell his land for a thruway. Part 1 of two. Brian Keith. Christie: Cathy Lee Crosby. Sheriff Carter: Mitch Ryan. Mayor Broadmore: Cameron Mitchell.
Episode 20
The Homecoming
Sun, Mar 11, 1984 60 mins
Conclusion. Hoping to make a killing on land speculation, townspeople who think they've murdered Hardcastle make McCormick their next target. Brian Keith, Daniel Hugh Kelly. Christie: Cathy Lee Crosby. Mayor Broadmore: Cameron Mitchell.
Episode 21
Did You See the One That Got Away
Sun, Mar 18, 1984 60 mins
A man Hardcastle sentenced to life without parole somehow never got to prison and doesn't even have a record. Brian Keith, Daniel Hugh Kelly. Ryan: James Wainwright. Boutros: Dennis Franz.
Episode 22
Really Neat Cars and Guys with a Sense of Humor
Sun, Mar 25, 1984 60 mins
An auto-body man who patched McCormick's bullet-riddled car "borrows" it to impress a date---who's running from a killer. Howard: Patrick Collins. Cheryl: Marilyn Jones. Deborah: Alexa Hamilton. Hardcastle: Brian Keith. McCormick: Daniel Hugh Kelly.
Episode 23
Scared Stiff
Sun, Apr 1, 1984 60 mins
Hardcastle and McCormick are among the hostages taken by convicts demanding a probe of corruption among prison officials. Brian Keith, Daniel Hugh Kelly. Connors: Red West. Warden: Alan Fudge.