Hardcastle & McCormick
SERIE • 3 Staffeln •
Action & Abenteuer,
Drama,
Krimi • Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika • 1983 - 1985
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Inhaltsbeschreibung
Kurz vor seiner Pensionierung muß der strenge Richter Milton G. Hardcastle sich noch mit dem Fall McCormick befassen. Der ist Rennfahrter und hat angeblich einen Sportwagen gestohlen. Aber der beteuert seine Unschuld. Und dann ermitteln sie gemeinsam und beginnen damit eine ganz besondere Freundschaft. Denn Hardcastle hat beileibe nicht vor sich zur Ruhe zu setzen – und der junge McCormick ist für ihn der perfekte Partner bei Ermittlungen, egal ob es sich um Vermisste, Mord, Bestechung oder Flaschgeld handelt. Denn der Richter hat noch 200 Fälle in der Schublade, die bis dato unaufgeklärt sind.
Originaltitel
Hardcastle and McCormick
Produktionsland
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Originalsprache
Englisch
Regie
Les Sheldon
FSK
12
Untertitel
Nein
Besetzung
Brian Keith, Daniel Hugh Kelly, John Hancock, Mary Jackson, Joe Santos, David Graf, Kenneth Mars, Kurt Grayson, Michael Swan
Episodenguide
1. Staffel 1 (23 Episoden • 1983)
01
Hardcastle & McCormick (1)
Richter Hardcastle freut sich auf ein gemütliches Klassentreffen. Doch daraus wird nichts, denn plötzlich sterben zwei Menschen, offensichtlich Opfer einer üblen Bodenspekulation, in der es um den Bau eines neuen Highways geht. Und plötzlich werden auch Hardcastle und McCormick zusammen mit Christie – Tochter eines der Opfer – gnadenlos verfolgt. Die drei sehen nur eine Chance: Sie müssen Beweisunterlagen für die Spekulationen beschaffen, um die Schuldigen zu überführen.
02
Hardcastle & McCormick (2)
See Part One
03
Wer selbst im Glashaus sitzt …
Als der ehemalige Gangsterboss Joe Cadillac seine Memoiren veröffentlicht, kommt darin auch Richter Hardcastle vor, für den Cadillac nach wie vor ein unerledigter Fall ist. Die Rolle des Richters wird in diesem Buch nicht gerade schmeichelhaft dargestellt. Doch nicht nur der Richter fühlt sich auf den Schlips getreten: Einige Gangster entführen Cadillacs Sohn, um ihn zur Herausgabe von Unterlagen zu zwingen. Der erpresste Gangster wendet sich schließlich an Richter Hardcastle
04
Die Kristall-Ente
Ein ehemaliger Zellengenosse von McCormick steckt in Schwierigkeiten: Teddy Hollins wird von seinem Bewährungshelfer Quinlan erpresst und auf diese Weise zu Raubüberfällen gezwungen. Teddy sucht McCormick auf und übernachtet bei ihm. Kurz darauf begeht er wieder einen Raubüberfall – und daraufhin wird McCormick als Komplize verhaftet. Niemand glaubt dem Ex-Knacki. Um die mehr als vertrackte Situation aufzuklären, schmiedet Richter Hardcastle einen riskanten Plan.
05
Flucht ins Nichts
J. J. Beal, der einst von Richter Hardcastle zu 16 Jahren Gefängnis verurteilt worden war, gelingt die Flucht aus dem Staatsgefängnis. Beal meldet sich daraufhin zusammen mit seiner Geliebten Donna bei Hardcastle und informiert ihn von seinem genialen Ausbruch. Eine wilde Jagd nach dem brillanten Verbrecher beginnt. Dabei fühlt sich vor allem McCormick als Rennfahrer herausgefordert. Mit besonderem Ehrgeiz beteiligt er sich an dem gefährlichen Katz- und Maus-Spiel.
06
Die schwarze Witwe
Als es im persönlichen Umfeld der attraktiven Tina Grey immer wieder zu rätselhaften Mordfällen kommt, beginnt Richter Hardcastle, sich für die Dame zu interessieren. Auffällig ist, dass es sich bei den Toten ausnahmslos um lang gesuchte Personen aus der Unterwelt handelt. In Hardcastles Auftrag nimmt McCormick Kontakt zu der schönen Tina auf: Er lädt sie „zu sich“ in Hardcastles Haus ein – und befindet sich wenig später in der Gewalt von Tinas Freund, dem Gangster Joe Beiber.
07
Kid Calico, der Boxer
Kid Calico ist ein hochkarätiger junger Boxer, der sich auf die Olympischen Spiele vorbereitet. Währenddessen versucht der berüchtigte Manager Frankie Kane, Kid Calico zu zwingen, für ihn als Profi zu kämpfen. Kids Vater, selbst ein ehemaliger Boxer, rät seinem Sohn davon ab, worauf er von Kanes Leute zusammengeschlagen wird. Als kurz darauf auch noch sein Café in Flammen aufgeht, nehmen sich Hardcastle und McCormick der Sache an. Dann jedoch wird Kids Vater entführt.
08
McCormick alias Slattery
Hardcastle und McCormick beobachten den spektakulären Prozess gegen den Mafiaboss Kelly. Als es dem Mafioso gelingt, den Kronzeugen einzuschüchtern, scheitert die junge Staatsanwältin Pamela vor Gericht mit ihrer Anklage. Daraufhin erklärt die empörte Staatsanwältin Kelly öffentlich den Krieg, mit der Folge, dass sie vom Dienst suspendiert wird. Pamela wendet sich an Hardcastle und McCormick. Die beiden lassen sich auf ein gewagtes Spiel gegen den eiskalten Mafiaboss ein.
09
Sein letzter Film
Richter Hardcastle hat den Filmproduzenten Sands schon lange in Verdacht, mit Kokain zu handeln. Doch um Sands zu überführen, fehlen ihm Beweise. Mit Hilfe des Schauspielers Buddy Ebsen verschaffen sich Hardcastle und McCormick einen Job bei der Filmproduktion. Sehr schnell kommen die beiden dahinter, dass die Produktion der ziemlich schäbigen Streifen als reiner Vorwand für lukrativere Geschäfte dient. Schließlich gelingt es Hardcastle und McCormick, Sands zu überführen.
10
Ein Basketball spielt Schicksal
Der 16-jährige Bandenführer Harold Thomas hat noch einmal Glück: Der Richter gibt ihm eine zweite Chance, und Harold wird auf Bewährung freigelassen, allerdings muss er bei Richter Hardcastle wohnen. Zunächst geht alles wunschgemäß, doch dann wird Harold von seiner Vergangenheit eingeholt: Er hat Bänder in seinem Besitz, mit denen Richter Brant erpresst werden soll. Außerdem findet sich ein Mordgeständnis darauf. McCormick tritt zu einem Basketballspiel um diese Bänder an.
2. Staffel 2 (22 Episoden • 1984)
01
Der gekaufte Pokal
Hardcastle and McCormick must help protect a famous race car driver who is in danger of losing his claim to fame as well as his life.
02
Die Angst, Vater zu sein
After breaking into the official records, Mark identifies his long-lost biological father as a lounge singer in Atlantic City and goes to see him. But the man turns out to be sought by a mobster who kidnaps Mark to force him to steal some incriminating tapes from a government safe.
03
Einmal Hawaii und zurück
After telling his poker buddies to clean up the house before he gets back from the airport with the judge, McCormick returns with Hardcastle to discover that everything valuable on the estate has been stolen, including all of the judge's files on past cases.
04
Sauber ist besser als tot
After finding his sister-in-law missing and her apartment ransacked, Hardcastle discovers that she had been secretly following her professor in hopes of earning extra credit in a police procedures course.
05
Cindys Begräbnis
Mark attends the funeral of an old friend, only to be surprised later to receive a message from her on his answering machine. After searching for evidence to her supposed "death," Mark and the judge find political reasons may be to blame for her disappearance.
06
Mein Herz gehört nur Daddy
When star of a television court show has to go into the hospital for surgery, he asks Hardcastle to fill in as the show's star. But, his enthusiasm for the show comes to a halt when the station's public relations person is murdered.
07
Wasserfilter – sonderbar
Finally tired of how Hardcastle is treating him, Mark seeks another job with a water filter manufacturer. But after the director misleads a group of potential buyers during a presentation, Mark quits only to find out his boss is not yet willing to part ways, and kidnaps Hardcastle to keep Mark at the company.
08
Mach es oder lass es
While attending business downtown, Mark rushes to the aid of a woman being attacked by men in a mail truck. While he thinks he can find safety from the police officer reponding to their call, the woman informs him the officer is actually a member of an unofficial "underground" police and they are far from being safe.
09
Jeder hat eine Vergangenheit
The proposed destruction of a popular college bar brings Hardcastle's niece in the spotlight. With her protests making him upset, he must put aside their differences when she narrowly avoids a kidnapping.
10
Kaution für den Richter
Hardcastle is arrested after a woman whom he had prevously had a chance encounter earlier is found dead in his home. Thinking the judge was framed due to his ruling on his latest case, McCormick tries to help his friend get out of jail.
3. Staffel 3 (22 Episoden • 1985)
01
Terror in Oregon
In the third season opener, Hardcastle and McCormick go on a photo exhibition with Buzz Bird, one of the judge's old friends. To their regret, Buzz, who is a pilot, has a heart attack while flying them over a stretch of Oregon wilderness. While Hardcastle and McCormick survive the crash landing, they are stranded miles from civilization and unknowingly attract the attention of Taylor Walsh, a mountain "pirate" who has made his living by robbing tourists. After suffering through a horrible rain storm, Hardcastle decides to tell Mark how much he appreciates their friendship. Although Mark pretends to be asleep, he actually hears everything the judge has to say. The next day, the two men come across the dead body of a murdered man. Realizing that they are being tracked, they decide to speed up their journey by white water rafting. Once the two men are in the water, Taylor and his men attack. Fleeing to land, Hardcastle and McCormick manage to evade the pirates. Turning the tables, the two men capture Taylor and his men. A month later, the judge and Mark, with their prisoners in tow, finally return to civilization.
02
Ein fast perfektes Paar
After race car driver Kiki Cutter is injured during a race, Mark, knowing her from his own racing days, decides to pay her a visit. Fortunately for Kiki, Mark arrives just as someone tries to kill her. Although the killer manages to escape, Mark does manage to get his license plate number. Believing that the attempted assassination may be tied into Kiki's crash, Mark sneaks a look at the car. Confirming his suspicions, Mark finds evidence that Kiki's car was sabotaged. Meanwhile, Hardcastle traces the assassin's license plate to Hal Jenkins, an insurance broker. Some of the pieces of the puzzle are tied together when a recovering Kiki reveals that she has been secretly planning on divorcing Sammy "Sidewinder" O'Connell, her race driver husband. Once, Hardcastle has stopped Jake Thomas, the man who tried to kill Kiki, as well as arrested Jenkins, Mark, with some financial backing from the judge, decides to challenge O'Connell in a major car race. Thanks to his superior driving skills, Mark defeats O'Connell and settles a longstanding rivalry between them. Afterwards, O'Connell, who had selfishly acted out of fear of how the divorce would impact his career, is arrested for his part in the attempts on his wife's life.
03
Eine kostspielige Beerdigung
When Bill Bauer is declared dead after being MIA from the Marines for 10 years, Mark, the soldier's former best friend, is asked to handle the funeral arrangements. The funeral does have one positive result for it reunites Mark with old friends Patrick Burke, Jeff Steffan and Peter Trigg. To Mark's surprise, shortly after the funeral, Bauer turns up very much alive. Upon being confronted by his angered friend, Bauer explains that he had been in charge of destroying cash when the United States pulled out of Vietnam in 1975. Instead of following orders, however, he had waited for an opportunity to smuggle the money into the country. Continuing, Bauer relays how he used "his" casket as a way of transporting the cash. Bauer realizes that his plan is falling apart when someone tries to kill him. Seeing no alternative, Bauer decides to go after the men chasing him. Following Bauer, Hardcastle and McCormick discover that Peter Trigg, secretly the leader of a group of terrorists, is trying to get a hold of Bauer's money in order to buy weapons. Although Trigg temporarily manages to capture Hardcastle and McCormick, the two men are able to turn the tables thanks to Bauer's intervention. Later, the police are all set to take Bauer into custody when the ex-soldier decides to disappear again.
04
Mord im Chicago-Express
Although Hardcastle is initially pleased to be invited to a party on a private train, his emotion changes to anger when he discovers that he has been lured onto the train under false pretenses. His ire is further raised upon discovering that the train is not scheduled to stop for another day. One small consolation: Mark, accidentally trapped on board the train, is around to help him find out what is going on with the trip. The mystery takes a deadly turn when one of the passengers is murdered. Although the unknown murderer temporarily manages to get rid of Mark by throwing him off the train, the ex-race car driver, who is unable to identify his assailant, pools his resources and returns to the train down the track. Another murder prompts Hardcastle to set a trap for the killer. While Hardcastle pretends to be a victim, Mark purposely lets slip that the judge had obtained evidence against the killer. Taking the bait, passenger Carl Sharples tries to search Hardcastle's "body". Exposed as the killer, Carl reveals that he has been eliminating the people (strict teacher, ex-girlfriend, army commander, high school coach, that he selfishly believes "ruined" his life. With Mark's help, Hardcastle stops Carl before he can hurt anyone else.
05
Milt und Mark auf der Flucht
On vacation, Hardcastle travels down to Canary Creek, California to participate in an annual fishing contest. To Hardcastle's surprise, Tina Cutter, the local sheriff's sixteen year old daughter, accuses him of rape. While transporting the judge to jail, Sheriff Dale Cutler tries to kill him. Thanks to Mark's timely arrival, the sheriff is forced to postpone his assassination. Realizing that the judge is in mortal danger, Mark, posing as a drunk, breaks his friend out of jail. Once free, Hardcastle begins to question why Tina framed him. Recalling an earlier meeting with the sheriff, Hardcastle, who has concluded that Tina's own father set up the false rape, realizes that he had mentioned a plane he came across while fishing. Returning to the fishing site, Hardcastle seeing the sheriff and some of the local residents dismantling the plane, ascertains that the sheriff had discovered a downed drug transport. Following the sheriff, Hardcastle and McCormick watch as the residents try to sell the drugs to a major dealer. With the help of a conveniently located forklift, Hardcastle and McCormick manage to capture the sheriff and the dealers. Later, once the sheriff's plans have been exposed, Hardcastle is cleared of the rape charges.
06
Bitte nicht freundlich
Entering the hospital for a routine checkup, Hardcastle discovers that he is dying from an incurable disease. Not wanting to let his friend just fade away, Mark convinces Hardcastle to live his remaining days to the fullest, Taking Mark's advice to heart, the judge, using the money he inherited from his wife, buys a one million dollar boat. Hardcastle's boating career is short lived, however, for armed men steal the boat. Although Hardcastle is initially willing to let the police handle the crime, he changes his mind after discovering that the hospital made a mistake and he is not really dying. Searching the docks, Hardcastle and McCormick locate the boat. Instead of reclaiming his property, Hardcastle discovers that the boat really belongs to an influential Senator. Realizing that Barry Jackson, the man who illegally "sold" him the boat, is a con artist, Hardcastle contacts his bank to find out where his money is being transferred. With Lieutenant Harper's help, Hardcastle and McCormick stake out the bank and capture Jackson. In the process, Hardcastle recovers his money.
07
Die Millionen-Dollar-Frage
Mark surprises the judge when he not only qualifies for, but becomes a winner on, The 1 Million Dollar Trivia Master, a television game show. Unbeknownst to Mark, veteran game show producers Harry Baxter and Art Healy, envisioning big ratings, decide to help the ex-race car driver along once they discover that the audience is cheering for him to succeed. To guarantee a winning streak, the producers have Hardcastle's estate bugged and begin basing their questions on Mark's home practice sessions. Although Hardcastle quickly realizes that something is amiss, Mark is unwilling to accept that the game is rigged. After Diane Templeton, one of the trivia show's employees, dies under mysterious circumstances, Mark turns around and admits that something is seriously wrong. Searching the show's offices, Hardcastle finds out why Diane was killed: She had obtained a tape proving the show is fixed. Meanwhile, Baxter and Healy discover that Bryce Benson, the shows host, had taken their plan to a deadly conclusion by killing Diane. Not wanting to face murder charges, the producers decide to tell Hardcastle everything. During the taping of the show's final round, Mark, giving up his chance to be a big winner, reluctantly helps the police stop Benson. Hinting at the series eventual conclusion, Mark jokes about going to law school in this episode.
08
Damen-Catch und Mädchenhandel
Shortly after contacting her friend Mark for help, wrestler Kate Murphy dies during a match. Recognizing that Kate's death was no accident, Mark decides to follow-up on his friend's suspicions that wrestling promoter Marty Torrance is behind the disappearance of a number of young woman. Upon assembling a plan of action, Hardcastle asks friends Lucy and Denise to go undercover as wrestlers. Posing as a wrestling promoter, Hardcastle has Denise, using the alias of "White Lighting" challenge Nancy Mack, one of Marty's wrestlers. Impressed with Denise's ability, Marty agrees to a match and allows Hardcastle's team to train in his gym. Furthermore, Marty, seeing potential in Lucy, asks the "wrestler" out on the date. Although Lucy only goes on the date to get evidence against Marty, the promoter has his own plans. Before Lucy is able to contact the judge, however, Marty prepares to sell her to a white slavery ring. Worried about Lucy, Hardcastle confronts Nancy. Having suffered a falling out with Marty, Nancy comes clean and tells the judge about Marty's plans. Searching the promoter's house, Hardcastle and McCormick come across the location of Marty's meeting with the slavers. Thanks to Mark's driving expertise, Hardcastle arrives at the meeting site in time to rescue Lucy and stop the slavers.
09
Die ihr Leben verkaufen
While judging the Miss Sixteen beauty contest, Hardcastle becomes wrapped up in the life of car salesman Ed Whitman, the pageants grand marshal. Worried when her boyfriend Victor Hernandez reveals that his uncle disappeared while sneaking across the Mexican-United States border, Melissa Whitman, Ed's sixteen year old daughter and one of the pageant's contestants, goes to Hardcastle for help. Although Victor's uncle does eventually turn up alive, Hardcastle decides to find out what happened. With Victor's reluctant help, Hardcastle discovers that a man was murdered during a transfer of illegal immigrants across the border. Thanks to Victor, Hardcastle also learns that a lawyer named Antonio Morales, who claims no knowledge of the murder, has been helping to arrange illegal immigrations. Before the judge can get more information from Victor's uncle, the illegal immigrant is murdered. With Morales' help, Hardcastle goes undercover as a perspective immigrant. The judge's plan works and the illegal immigration ring is stopped. At the same time, Hardcastle discovers that Ed Whitman is the mastermind behind the illegal operation. Returning to the United States, Hardcastle and McCormick help the police take Whitman into custody. As the episode ends, Melissa loses the pageant to a girl named Sara Jane Rose.
10
Kleiner Irrtum, große Wirkung
Innocently given a friendly kiss by a woman named Aleeya "Ali" Casir, Mark unwittingly falls into the middle of a major international incident: Assuming that Mark is the American his daughter has been living with, Sheik Abdullah Casir, Ali's father and the leader of an oil rich mid-eastern country, decides to take whatever steps are necessary to protect his son's honor. As a result, Casir orders his Americanized daughter to marry Mark. Meanwhile, Hassan and Rabin, Casir's sons, begin to set up a drug dealing operation. Hoping to maintain friendly relations with Casir, the State department approaches Mark and "requests" that he marry Ali. Although Hardcastle tries to explain to Casir that Biff Anderson, Ali's real boyfriend, would be more than willing to take Mark's place, Casir, having already made an official announcement, is unwilling to change his plans. Forced to follow through with the wedding, Hardcastle, having learned about Casir's drug dealing sons, decides to use the ceremony as an opportunity to expose Hassan and Rabin. Confronted with his sons' guilt, an angered Casir vows to spare himself grief by staying out of his children's lives. As such, the wedding is canceled. Later, Mark is amused to hear that Ali has left Biff to marry a 35 year old television executive.
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