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The Mystery of Chalk Hill

Episode Number: 5    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Sunday February 18, 1973    Prod Code: 832288
Hec hunts the killers of his fiancee, Norma Muldoon and her son Andy during a stagecoach robbery. His chief suspect is the son of an old friend and fellow lawman.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Harold Swanton
Director: Harry Morgan
Star: Harry Morgan (Dr. Amos B. Coogan),  Dennis Rucker (Arnie Tornquist),  Rick Lenz (Oliver B. Stamp),  Richard Boone (Hector "Hec" Ramsey)
Recurring Role: Sharon Acker (Norma Muldoon),  Brian Dewey (Andy Muldoon)
Guest Star: Olan Soule (Reverend Murchison),  Pat Hingle (Charlie Hollister),  Bruce Davison (Josh Hollister),  Jeanette Nolan (Rody Claiborne),  Bernie Hamilton (Obie Watson),  Louise Latham (Willa Hollister),  John Anderson (I) (Gabe Rawlins),  Lee Paul (Rance Claiborne),  Henry Jones (Doc Kirby),  Tony Russel (Jim Sachet),  Leo Gordon (Shaneley),  Than Wyenn (Ben),  Lee Jay Lambert (Tolliver),  Terry Wilson (Driver),  Bill Zuckert (Hank),  D'Urville Martin (Willie Watson),  Robert Fuller (Dixie)

Notes

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John Anderson would return in Season Two's Dead Heat. (edit)
Bruce Davison is currently appearing in the updated NBC series Knight Rider. (edit)
Bernie Hamilton would go onto play Captain Dobie in the classic 1970's cop show, Starsky and Hutch. (edit)
Pat Hingle is best known to today's moviegoers for his role as Commissioner James Gordon in the Batman series of movies produced in the 1990's. (edit)
Robert Fuller took time off from appearing on Emergency! to make a brief cameo in this episode. That show, like Hec Ramsey was produced by Jack Webb's Mark VII production company. (edit)

Quotes

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Hec: If you can't get the best man to the wedding, you bring the wedding to the best man. (edit)
Hec (hungover): What time's the funeral?
Willa: It was yesterday. (edit)
Hec: For a second rate horse thief, you're makin' a mighty big splash around here.
Obie: You're the onliest one that ever called me second rate. (edit)
Obie: My point is, a thing like this happen, y'all not interested in gettin' the guiltiest, you just want the handiest. (edit)
Hec (to Hollister): I want it to be whoever did it--and that's all. (edit)

Trivia

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Nitpick: Pat Hingle and Robert Fuller play father and son in this episode but in real life Hingle is only ten years older than Fuller. (edit)

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