The Murder That Wouldn't Die

Synopsis

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.

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Key crew

• Michael SloanWriter
• Glen A. LarsonWriter
• Ron SatlofDirector
• Joseph HarnellOriginal Music Composer
• Stu PhillipsOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• William ConradWilliam Battles
• Lane CaudellDeacon Johnson
• Robin MattsonShelby Battles
• Marj DusayDean Mary Phillips
• Tommy AguilarTuliosis
• Jimmy BorgesLt. Frank Fowler
• Roger BowenCoach Spaulding
• Sharon AckerJill Spencer
• Edward BinnsAllan Battles
• José FerrerJeff Briggs
• John HillermanPaul Harrison
• Mike KellinCapt. Ames

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