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The Hunting Party (1)

Episode Number: 70    Season Num: 4    First Aired: Tuesday September 19, 1989    Prod Code: 8903A
Spencer Hamilton came to Manteo, North Carolina, as soon as he could to locate the man who killed his brother, Frank, in a supposed duck-hunting accident. When Ryan Bartell (the shooter) is found dead, Matlock heads to North Carolina to defend Hamilton, and finds an unlikely ally in local deputy Conrad McMasters.

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Writer: Anne Collins, Dean Hargrove, Joel Steiger
Director: Robert Scheerer
Star: Clarence Gilyard Jr. (Conrad McMasters (Season 4-7)),  Andy Griffith (Benjamin Leighton Matlock),  Nancy Stafford (Michelle Thomas (Season 2-6))
Guest Star: Steve Aronson (Clarence),  David Austin (Restaurant Customer),  Page Morrow (Caroline),  Helen Mutsch (Clerk),  George Spence (Foreman),  Wilton C. Wescott (Preacher),  Fred Dalton Thompson (Gordon Lewis),  R.G. Armstrong (Sheriff Dalton Parkes),  Casey Biggs (Ernie D'Amato),  Terri Hanauer (District Attorney),  Steven Keats (Lee Kramer),  Jeff Lester (Ryan Bartell),  Christopher McDonald (David Channing),  Robert Treveiler (Airport Worker),  Ken Strong (Bartender),  St. Clair Basnight (Himself),  Joe Inscoe (Jack Rose),  Lee Lively (Judge Stone),  Ted Manson (Ed Tucker),  Hartley Silver (Horton Garrett),  Della Basnight (Herself),  Cora Mae Basnight (Herself),  Jimmy Basnight (Himself),  Jeff Wincott (Spencer Hamilton)

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Julie Sommars (Julie) does not appear in this episode. (edit)
Clarence Gilyard Jr. joins the cast as Conrad McMasters. (edit)
This episode aired as a two-hour telemovie. (edit)
Shot on location in Manteo, North Carolina. (edit)

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The Hunting Party (1)
"A very special episode"
Matlock returns a favor for an old general and goes to Manteo, NC to defend Spencer Hamilton, charged with murdering the man who "accidentally" killed Spencer's brother on a hunting trip. What Matlock finds threatens everyone's future, including his own.
Continue » Posted Aug 6, 2006 7:21 am PST
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