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Hunter

Case X

  • Episode aired Sep 21, 1985
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 48m
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7.8/10
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Fred Dryer in Hunter (1984)
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McCall goes undercover after a number of porn stars wind up dead.McCall goes undercover after a number of porn stars wind up dead.McCall goes undercover after a number of porn stars wind up dead.
IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • David Soul
  • Writers
    • Frank Lupo
    • Tom Lazarus
  • Stars
    • Fred Dryer
    • Stepfanie Kramer
    • James Whitmore Jr.
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  • Director
    • David Soul
  • Writers
    • Frank Lupo
    • Tom Lazarus
  • Stars
    • Fred Dryer
    • Stepfanie Kramer
    • James Whitmore Jr.
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    Fred Dryer
    Fred Dryer
    • Rick Hunteras Rick Hunter
    Stepfanie Kramer
    Stepfanie Kramer
    • Dee Dee McCallas Dee Dee McCall
    James Whitmore Jr.
    • Sgt. Bernie Terwilligeras Sgt. Bernie Terwilliger
    Leo Rossi
    Leo Rossi
    • Tony Cochranas Tony Cochran
    Rita Taggart
    Rita Taggart
    • Andrea Burdenas Andrea Burden
    Sam Anderson
    Sam Anderson
    • Vinny Cochranas Vinny Cochran
    Tracy Vaccaro
    • Evieas Evie
    Bruce Davison
    Bruce Davison
    • Capt. Wyleras Capt. Wyler
    Richard Beauchamp
    • Carlosas Carlos
    Cal Gibson
    Cal Gibson
    • Dukeas Duke
    Lori McGinley
    Lori McGinley
    • Liz Dugganas Liz Duggan
    David Wiley
    • Lawrence Dugganas Lawrence Duggan
    Anita Jesse
    • Nellie Dugganas Nellie Duggan
    Efrain Figueroa
    Efrain Figueroa
    • Officeras Officer
    Jack Slater
    • Reporteras Reporter
    G. Smokey Campbell
    G. Smokey Campbell
    • Bobo Haydenas Bobo Hayden
    Bruce Tuthill
    • Investigatoras Investigator
    Kimberly Lebel
    • Sandyas Sandy
    • Director
      • David Soul
    • Writers
      • Frank Lupo
      • Tom Lazarus
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    McCall goes undercover after a number of porn stars wind up dead.
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      • Action
      • Crime
      • Drama
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    • Certificate
      • TV-14
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    • Quotes

      Det. Sgt. Rick Hunter: Do you want to know what I think about the dress code?

      Capt. Wyler: By all means.

      Det. Sgt. Rick Hunter: It's great for the Marines and Boy Scouts...

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    Hunter - A Man Who Likes To Use His Weapon
    Drug-addicted porn starlets begin turning up dead across L.A. with common ties to a talent agency run by Andrea (Rita Taggart) a former porn actress.

    Police Sgt. Rick Hunter (Fred Dryer) and his partner Sgt. Dee Dee McCall have little trouble figuring out what has happened but they have considerable trouble proving it. The usual difficulty dealing with a police bureaucracy and incompetence erupt.

    Dee Dee baits the suspect (Leo Rossi) by going undercover as a would be porn starlet. This would be familiar ground for the series - Dee Dee going undercover as bait with Hunter lying in wait.

    The term "snuff films" generally refer to a clandestine staging of a murder with a victim, usually female, engaged in a sex act beforehand. Fake ones produced in the early 1970s sprang up and created an enduring urban legend.

    Starting off season two of the series with an episode delving into the world of pornography which nearly featured Hunter's attractive female partner McCall (A Lynda Carter lookalike) getting whacked in a snuff film showed the eagerness of the production team to provide provocative subject matter for fans and potential viewers.

    Bruce Davison as Hunter's new Captain was a bizarre bit of casting. You can sometimes get an actor to slum it in a lower grade production by giving him a role that helps him untypecast himself. My guess would be that Bruce Davison was attempting to get out of roles which made him look milquetoast.

    The rest of the casting is perfect. To me Rita Taggart always looked like a former porn actress and no one played a lascivious sleaze bucket more convincingly than Leo Rossi.

    Directed by David Soul of Starsky and Hutch fame.

    Episode also features Tracy Vaccaro - Playboy Playmate of the Month October 1983 and Fred Dryer's real-life wife. She would go on to appear in four episodes of the series.
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    • Release date
      • September 21, 1985 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • Stephen J. Cannell Productions
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    • Runtime
      48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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