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The Murder That Wouldn't Die(1980)
Status: Released
Date: 1980-03-09
20%
2 Votes
Time: 1h 37m
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Glen A. Larson Productions
Movie: The Murder That Wouldn't Die
Top 10 Billed Cast
William Conrad
William Battles
Lane Caudell
Deacon Johnson
Robin Mattson
Shelby Battles
Marj Dusay
Dean Mary Phillips
Jimmy Borges
Lt. Frank Fowler
Roger Bowen
Coach Spaulding
Sharon Acker
Jill Spencer
Edward Binns
Allan Battles
José Ferrer
Jeff Briggs
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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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1980-03-09
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