The Murder That Wouldn't Die

Mar 9, 1980

1h 37m

★ 2.0

Overview

William Conrad stars as a retired L.A.P.D. detective who has moved to Hawaii and taken a job as a college security chief and assistant football coach in this pilot to a post-"Cannon" series to have been called "Battles." With the aid of his niece, the school's star football player, a local tough-turned-college student, and the college dean, he investigates two related murders that occurred nearly 40 years apart.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Mystery

TV Movie

Production Companies

Glen A. Larson Productions

Universal Television

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Cast

William Battles

William Conrad

Deacon Johnson

Lane Caudell

Shelby Battles

Robin Mattson

Dean Mary Phillips

Marj Dusay

Tuliosis

Tommy Aguilar

Lt. Frank Fowler

Jimmy Borges

Coach Spaulding

Roger Bowen

Jill Spencer

Sharon Acker

Allan Battles

Edward Binns

Jeff Briggs

José Ferrer

Paul Harrison

John Hillerman

Capt. Ames

Mike Kellin

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