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This is the first episode of the crime drama series Matlock, starring Andy Griffith as a defense attorney. It aired in 1986 as a TV movie and was later split into two parts for the show.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Robert Day
- 1986-03-03
Find out who starred in the 1986 episode of Matlock, a TV series about a lawyer who solves crimes. See the full list of directors, writers, producers, and other crew members on IMDb.
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Diary of a Perfect Murder is the pilot movie of Matlock.
Starring
•Andy Griffith as Ben Matlock •Lori Lethin as Randi •Alice Hirson as Hazel •and Kene Holliday as Tyler Hudson
Guest Stars
•Steve Inwood as Steve Emerson •Jack Bannon as Paul Lockwood •James McEachin as Police Lt. Frank Daniels •Lawrence Pressman as Nelson White •Dennis Lipscomb as Les McCall •and Katherine Cannon as Linda Coolidge
Also Starring
•Billy Green Bush as Billy Ray Webber •Robin Thomas as A.D.A. Burton Hawkins •Al Ruscio as Ernie "The Tailor" Marzell
•Actor Lori Lethin plays Matlock's daughter, Charlene, in the first two episodes (originally filmed as a single television movie). After that, Lethin was replaced in the role of Charlene by Linda Purl, who lasted just one season. After Purl was fired (or quit, depending on whom you ask), at the end of season one, Herman & Partner's daughter was nev...
The pilot movie of Matlock, starring Andy Griffith as Ben Matlock, a lawyer who defends a murder suspect. Find out the plot, cast, trivia and gallery of this episode.
Ben Matlock defends a TV journalist accused of killing his ex-wife in this 1986 episode of the legal drama series. Find out the synopsis, cast, trivia, and more on IMDb.
In the pilot, he had his associate, daughter Charlene Matlock (played in the film by Lori Lethin and in the subsequent series by Linda Purl) defend a top TV journalist accused of bumping off his ex-wife, an Atlanta television anchorwoman.
- Robert Day
- Andy Griffith
Ben Matlock defends a TV reporter accused of killing his ex-wife in this episode of the legal drama series. See the cast, crew, plot summary and more on The Movie Database (TMDB).
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Watch the first episode of Matlock, a legal drama starring Andy Griffith as a lawyer who solves crimes. In this case, he defends a reporter accused of killing his ex-wife, but the truth is more complicated.
