Series

Hardcastle and McCormick

1983★ 6.5S1 E1

Hardcastle and McCormick is an American action/drama television series from Stephen J. Cannell Productions, shown on ABC from 1983 through 1986. The series stars Brian Keith as Judge Milton C. Hardcastle and Daniel Hugh Kelly as ex-con and race car driver Mark "Skid" McCormick. The series premise was somewhat recycled from a previous Cannell series, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe.

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Episodes

Season 1 · Season 1

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1 Rolling Thunder (1) Rolling Thunder (1) As the series begins, ex-race car driver Mark McCormick accepts a job driving the Coyote X, an experimental car designed by a friend of his named Flip Johnson. Mark loses his job, however, after Flip is killed in a car accident and ownership of the car is granted to industrialist Martin Cody. Eventually, Mark is brought before Hardcastle, who is presiding over his last case, Mark is given a choice: help the judge round-up two hundred men who walked out of the judge's courtroom on technicalities or go back to prison. Not watched yet 60m 2 Rolling Thunder (2) Rolling Thunder (2) See Part One Not watched yet 60m 3 Man in a Glass House Man in a Glass House Hardcastle is quite upset when he is criticized in “Without Sin,” the autobiography of retired mobster Joseph Cadillac. Figuring that the mob, also the subject of Cadillac's criticism, will be angered as well, Hardcastle has Mark follow the author. Later, Hardcastle is surprised when Cadillac comes to him for help. Not watched yet 42m 4 The Crystal Duck Teddy, McCormick's cellmate in prison, is out on parole. He has been staying with Mark in the guesthouse, without Hardcastle's knowledge or permission. Now, his parole officer, Quinlan, informs him that due to a minor infraction, he has the power to send him back to prison, unless he pays him a thousand dollars a week. Not watched yet 42m 5 Goin' Nowhere Fast A convict who has been having an affair with the warden's wife, escapes with her help. He then calls Hardcastle, which agitates him. He and McCormick go out to find him. Eventually, it's revealed that before Hardcastle chose McCormick, he gave this guy a try—and he proved Hardcastle wrong. Not watched yet 42m 6 The Black Widow Hardcastle wants to investigate a woman named Tina Grey. When Hardcastle goes to the police for info, a Captain Filapiano, who doesn't like Hardcastle, asks him to leave. Hardcastle then tells McCormick to get close to her. As they get closer, a gangster named Joe Beiber, whom she has been seeing, and who is insanely jealous abducts them. Not watched yet 42m 7 The Boxer Boxer Kid Calico is told to throw a fight in order to keep his kidnapped father alive. Not watched yet 42m 8 Once Again with Vigorish Hardcastle & McCormick set out to assist a lawyer, who is an old friend of Hardcastle's, convict a mobster who is running stolen property in semi-trucks. Not watched yet 42m 9 Killer B's Hardcastle persuades an old friend, played by Buddy Ebsen, to obtain a role in a movie in which the movie producer is using his films to cover up his drug smuggling operation. Not watched yet 42m 10 The Prince of Fat City A gang member is remanded into the judge's custody only to stay in the guest house with Mark, while the judge and Mark go after a psychiatrist who has been taping private sessions with clients revealing vital damaging information. Not watched yet 42m 11 Hotshoes Hotshoes Mark is thrilled when he gets a shot at racing in big leagues—only to learn that his sponsor's auto parts business gets their inventory from stolen cars. Not watched yet 60m 12 Flying Down to Rio Hardcastle & McCormick travel to Rio to track down a drug runner. Not watched yet 60m 13 Just Another Round of That Old Song Keenan Wynn guest stars as an old bank robber, just released from prison, who attempts to locate the cash stored in an armored car that he robbed in the '40s. Not watched yet 60m 14 Third Down and Twenty Years to Life A law student at a local college claims that her brother, who was sent to prison for 20 years by Judge Hardcastle, was framed for murder. He ignores her, but when someone tries to kidnap her, he reviews the case and sends Mark on an undercover investigation to the school as a football player. Not watched yet 60m 15 Whistler's Pride The judge inherits a rather short race horse. Not watched yet 60m 16 Mr. Hardcastle Goes to Washington Hardcastle is up for a spot on the Supreme Court bench but some people don't want him to be chosen. Not watched yet 60m 17 School for Scandal Robert Culp guest stars as Arthur Farnel, an ex-con who runs a school leading and teaching their students how to break the law. Mark decides to go undercover in order to gather enough evidence to put him away. Not watched yet 60m 18 The Georgia Street Motors A group of retired judges decide to take the law into their own hands by delivering their own verdicts to criminals who slipped through the system or were given lesser sentences based on technicalities or lack of evidence. Not watched yet 60m 19 The Homecoming (1) The Homecoming (1) Hardcastle returns to his hometown in Arkansas for a high school reunion, only to learn from an old friend that people are being swindled out of their farms. After the friend is murdered, and his daughter asks the judge for help, Hardcastle enlists McCormick to burglarize the local land office. Not watched yet 60m 20 The Homecoming (2) The Homecoming (2) Hardcastle hides out with another old friend, recovering from his injuries, while he tries to figure out how to retrieve the evidence against the town officials. Meanwhile, Mark and Christy take refuge in an abandoned cabin. Not watched yet 60m 21 Did You See the One That Got Away? Did You See the One That Got Away? Hardcastle visits a man he sent to prison for life only to find that the man never made it there. Not watched yet 60m 22 Really Neat Cars and Guys with a Sense of Humor Hardcastle & McCormick go undercover at a computerized dating service in order to find out why wealthy clients are turning up dead. Not watched yet 60m 23 Scared Stiff Mark and Hardcastle take a group of misfit kids to a local prison in order to scare them straight; but while they are there, they are taken hostages by prisoners who are frustrated because of the repeated abuse from the guards and the warden. Not watched yet 60m

Cast

Brian KeithMilton Hardcastle
Daniel Hugh KellyMark "Skid" McCormick
Joe SantosFrank Harper

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