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COLLECTION · Series · 1983

Hardcastle and McCormick

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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* 6.5 (44)ActionAdventureCrimeDramaUnited States
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Creators
Stephen J. Cannell
Countries
United States
Studios
ABC
Runtime
60 min/ep
Age rating
TV-PG
Release
18/09/1983
Score
6.5 / 10 (44)
Where to watch
With ads
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
3 episodes
Episode 1. Pilot
60 min

Milton C. Hardcastle was Judge in Los Angeles. Mark McCormick, a racing motorist, convicted for robbery, was Hardcastles last case. McCormick was set under supervision of Hardcastle and they start to inspect two hundred cases that were…

Episode 2. 'Drive' Opening Theme
60 min

No synopsis

Episode 3. 'Drive' Closing Theme
60 min

No synopsis

Season 1
Season 1
23 episodes · 1983
Rolling Thunder (1)
Episode 1. Rolling Thunder (1)
1983-09-18 · 60 min

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…

Rolling Thunder (2)
Episode 2. Rolling Thunder (2)
1983-09-18 · 60 min

See Part One

Man in a Glass House
Episode 3. Man in a Glass House
1983-09-25 · 42 min

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…

Episode 4. The Crystal Duck
1983-10-02 · 42 min

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…

Episode 5. Goin' Nowhere Fast
1983-10-09 · 42 min

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…

Episode 6. The Black Widow
1983-10-16 · 42 min

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…

Episode 7. The Boxer
1983-10-23 · 42 min

Boxer Kid Calico is told to throw a fight in order to keep his kidnapped father alive.

Episode 8. Once Again with Vigorish
1983-10-30 · 42 min

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.

Episode 9. Killer B's
1983-11-06 · 42 min

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.

Episode 10. The Prince of Fat City
1983-11-13 · 42 min

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.

Hotshoes
Episode 11. Hotshoes
1983-11-27 · 60 min

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.

Episode 12. Flying Down to Rio
1983-12-04 · 60 min

Hardcastle & McCormick travel to Rio to track down a drug runner.

Episode 13. Just Another Round of That Old Song
1983-12-11 · 60 min

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.

Episode 14. Third Down and Twenty Years to Life
1984-01-01 · 60 min

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…

Episode 15. Whistler's Pride
1984-01-08 · 60 min

The judge inherits a rather short race horse.

Episode 16. Mr. Hardcastle Goes to Washington
1984-01-15 · 60 min

Hardcastle is up for a spot on the Supreme Court bench but some people don't want him to be chosen.

Episode 17. School for Scandal
1984-01-29 · 60 min

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.

Episode 18. The Georgia Street Motors
1984-02-05 · 60 min

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.

The Homecoming (1)
Episode 19. The Homecoming (1)
1984-03-05 · 60 min

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,…

The Homecoming (2)
Episode 20. The Homecoming (2)
1984-03-11 · 60 min

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.

Did You See the One That Got Away?
Episode 21. Did You See the One That Got Away?
1984-03-18 · 60 min

Hardcastle visits a man he sent to prison for life only to find that the man never made it there.

Episode 22. Really Neat Cars and Guys with a Sense of Humor
1984-03-25 · 60 min

Hardcastle & McCormick go undercover at a computerized dating service in order to find out why wealthy clients are turning up dead.

Episode 23. Scared Stiff
1984-04-01 · 60 min

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…

Cast by season
Brian Keith
Brian Keith
Milton Hardcastle
Daniel Hugh Kelly
Daniel Hugh Kelly
Mark "Skid" McCormick
Joe Santos
Joe Santos
Frank Harper
John Hancock
John Hancock
Michael Delaney
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