Battles: The Murder That Wouldn't Die (1980) (TV)

Director:

Ron Satlof

Writers:

Glen A. Larson (written by)
Michael Sloan (written by)

Release Date:

9 March 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Former Los Angeles police lieutenant Bill Battles is hired by Hawaii State university to not only become head of the campus police...

Plot Keywords:

Based On True Story

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

William Conrad	...	William Battles
Lane Caudell	...	Deacon Johnson
Robin Mattson	...	Shelby Battles
Marj Dusay	...	Dean Mary Phillips
Tommy Aguilar	...	Tuliosis
Jimmy Borges	...	Lt. Frank Fowler
Roger Bowen	...	Coach Spaulding
Sharon Acker	...	Jill Spencer
Edward Binns	...	Allan Battles
José Ferrer	...	Jeff Briggs (as Jose Ferrer)
John Hillerman	...	Paul Harrison
Mike Kellin	...	Capt. Ames
Ben Piazza	...	Dr. John Spencer
Don Porter	...	Gen. Rocky Jensen
Kenneth Tobey	...	Chuck Parks

Also Known As:

Battles
The Murder That Wouldn't Die (USA) (alternative title)

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Company:

Glen A. Larson Productions

Busted Pilot

This would have made a great series. To me this is pretty much a mixture of two of two of William Conrad's most famous characters, Frank Cannon and J.L. "The Fatman" McCabe. All in all, this had a pretty interesting story with an okay script, an okay supporting cast and it would have probably been a good series. Too bad it never made it to series.