Hardball 

Charlie Battles is a veteran cop who was about to be assigned a desk job. When he is teamed with a hotshot, Kaz Kaczierowski. Together, they team up, constantly being at odds over how to handle criminals.

Creator:

Robert Palm

Stars:

John Ashton, Richard Tyson, John Pappas

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
John Ashton	...	Charlie Battles 18 episodes, 1989-1990
Richard Tyson	...	Joe 'Kaz' Kaczierowski 18 episodes, 1989-1990
John Pappas	...	Pappas 10 episodes, 1989-1990

Storyline

Charlie Battles is a veteran cop who was about to be assigned a desk job. When he is teamed with a hotshot, Kaz Kaczierowski. Together, they team up, constantly being at odds over how to handle criminals.

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Plot Keywords:

police | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 September 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

Duo d'enfer

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Television, NBC Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min (17 episodes) 90 min (pilot)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Based as a TV series of Lethal Weapon.

User Reviews

Excellent show

Ileana, nice to hear there's another person who liked the show. In Finland we had 15 or 16 episodes I think, and I recorded all of those. I still do have them on VHS.

Since Hardball's not on DVD, or even original VHS, I've been thinking of getting my recorded episodes to digital format at some point. I do have the pilot also, but due to some sad coincidences, it has a bit worse quality than the other episodes.

Great series, John Ashton and Richard Tyson had a nice chemistry and fitted their roles perfectly. The best thing in the series was the humour, which often came from these two guys competing each other. That lead to a lot of juicy loud-mouthing and amusing happenings.

Why it was canceled after one season, is a mystery to me, but I definitely miss the characters. It's not realistic to wait for it's second airing I guess. :(