Battles: The Murder That Wouldn't Die

1980TV Movie⏱️ 1h 37mNot Rated

CrimeDramaMysteryThriller

⭐ 5.4

IMDB Rating

43 votes

Former Los Angeles police lieutenant Bill Battles is hired by Hawaii State university to not only become head of the campus police, but assistant coach in charge of special teams for the school's football team. However, a few days...

Director

Ron Satlof

Writers

Glen A. Larson, Michael Sloan

Stars

William Conrad, Lane Caudell, Robin Mattson

Release Date

March 9, 1980

Language

English

Country

United States

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🎭 Top Cast

William Conrad

as William Battles

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Lane Caudell

as Deacon Johnson

Robin Mattson

as Shelby Battles

Marj Dusay

as Dean Mary Phillips

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Tommy Aguilar

as Tuliosis

Jimmy Borges

as Lt. Frank Fowler

Roger Bowen

as Coach Spaulding

Sharon Acker

as Jill Spencer

Edward Binns

as Allan Battles

José Ferrer

as Jeff Briggs

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.33 : 1

Sound

Mono

Production

Glen A. Larson Productions, Universal Television

🏷️ Keywords

hawaiikillerhustlerquarterbackassistant coach

🎯 Categories

True CrimeCrimeDramaMysteryThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Busted Pilot

by Sargebri • 2004-02-19

"This would have made a great series. To me this is pretty much a mixture of two of two of William Conrad's most famous characters, Frank Cannon and J.L. "The Fatman" McCabe. All in all, this had a pretty interesting story with an okay script, an okay supporting cast and it would have probably been a good series. Too bad it never made it to series...."

📖 Synopsis

Former Los Angeles police lieutenant Bill Battles is hired by Hawaii State university to not only become head of the campus police, but assistant coach in charge of special teams for the school's football team. However, a few days...