The Murder That Wouldn't Die (1980)
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.
- Date of release
- 1980-03-09
- TMDB
- 4.3 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie
- Director
- Ron Satlof
Casting
- William Conrad — William Battles
- Lane Caudell — Deacon Johnson
- Robin Mattson — Shelby Battles
- Marj Dusay — Dean Mary Phillips
- Tommy Aguilar — Tuliosis
- Jimmy Borges — Lt. Frank Fowler
- Roger Bowen — Coach Spaulding
- Sharon Acker — Jill Spencer
- Edward Binns — Allan Battles
- José Ferrer — Jeff Briggs
- John Hillerman — Paul Harrison
- Mike Kellin — Capt. Ames
Recommended
- Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors 1992 · ★ 6.9
- Garage Sale Mystery: A Case Of Murder 2017 · ★ 7.1
- Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2017 · ★ 7.0
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder 2022 · ★ 7.0
- Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2018 · ★ 7.2
- Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2018 · ★ 6.9
- Chronicle Mysteries: Vines that Bind 2019 · ★ 8.2
- Site Unseen: An Emma Fielding Mystery 2017 · ★ 6.8
- A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2017 · ★ 6.9
- The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2016 · ★ 6.9
- The Assault 2014 · ★ 6.8
- Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story 2004 · ★ 6.1