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J.J. Starbuck

Pilot (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Adventure

A man kills his wealthy wife and the police investigate. And they think they have enough to arrest him and they do. But it's after he'd been charged that someone claims that he killed his wife accidentally. J.J. Starbuck, a millionaire ...See moreA man kills his wealthy wife and the police investigate. And they think they have enough to arrest him and they do. But it's after he'd been charged that someone claims that he killed his wife accidentally. J.J. Starbuck, a millionaire businessman from Texas learns about it and decides to go look into it. When he gets there, he learns the man chooses not to bear any responsibility for his wife's son. J.J. befriends they boy. He goes to the police and tells them he thinks the man engineered the whole thing right down to the man who claims to be the one who killed his wife, so that they would charge him with murder but when they dropped the charges he was assured of not being arrested again because he can't according to the law. But J.J. thinks there's another charge they file against him thing is proving it. . But when the man learns of J.J.'s snooping he frames him and has him arrested. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com See less
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Director
Composer
Mike Post (music by)
Cinematographer
Status
Edit Released
Updated Sep 26, 1987

Release date
Sep 26, 1987 (United States)

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26 cast members
Name Known for
Dale Robertson
Jerome Jeremiah 'J.J.' Starbuck Jerome Jeremiah 'J.J.' Starbuck   See fewer
David Huddleston
Bullets Bullets   See fewer
Bill Bixby
Donald Iskin Donald Iskin   See fewer
Shawn Weatherly
Jill Starbuck Jill Starbuck   See fewer
Jay Underwood
Charles Winslow Charles Winslow   See fewer
Katherine Moffat
Cherise Cherise   See fewer
Donna Mitchell
Chaarlotte Iskin Chaarlotte Iskin   See fewer
Glynn Turman
Lt. Caspersons Lt. Caspersons   See fewer
Doug Shanklin
Koy Steele (as Douglas Alan Shanklin) Koy Steele (as Douglas Alan Shanklin)   See fewer
Eric Server
Sgt. Marchall Sgt. Marchall   See fewer
Amy Yasbeck
Doreen Doreen   See fewer
Patrick Cronin
Harold Smythe Harold Smythe   See fewer
Michael Laskin
Fred Hack Fred Hack   See fewer
Lora Staley
Gail Stoltz Gail Stoltz   See fewer
David Selburg
Landaman Landaman   See fewer
David Carlile
Allison Allison   See fewer
Penelope Reed-Woods
Dana Grant (as Penelope Reed) Dana Grant (as Penelope Reed)   See fewer
Jim Bentley
Bellhop Bellhop   See fewer
Carolyne Barry
Miss Sheff Miss Sheff   See fewer
Patty Duke
Verna Mckidden Verna Mckidden   See fewer
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