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Hunter

  • TV-14
  • 1984–1991
  • 7 seasons
  • Action & Adventure, Drama
  • 7.1

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Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators. The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.

Episodes

22 episodes
  1. 1Heir of Neglect

    60 minOct 29, 1988

    Hunter investigates the case of a teenage boy who mistakenly shot his parents during what he claimed was a home invasion.

  2. 2The Baby Game

    60 minNov 5, 1988

    Hunter and McCall enter the world of baby brokering when they find the murdered body of an expensive call girl, and a two-year-old toddler left unharmed in front of the woman's television set.

  3. 3Dead on Target (1)

    60 minNov 12, 1988

    While investigating the apparent suicide of Hunter's friend from the Vietnam War, Hunter and McCall uncover a twenty-year-old betrayal with a rising body count.

  4. 4Dead on Target (2)

    60 minNov 19, 1988

    Hunter uncovers a gem-smuggling operation while investigating his war buddy's death.

  5. 5Presumed Guilty

    60 minNov 26, 1988

    McCall finds her loyalties sharply divided when an important murder case being prosecuted by her lover is jeopardized by Hunter, who thinks the defendant is innocent.

  6. 6No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished

    60 minDec 3, 1988

    Mysterious tape recordings accusing a powerful company of illegally dumping toxic waste seem like a prank, until Hunter and McCall find that someone is willing to kill to conceal the truth.

  7. 7Honorable Profession

    60 minDec 10, 1988

    Hunter puts his job on the line when he defends a female officer wounded and possibly killed in the line of duty.

  8. 8Payback

    60 minDec 17, 1988

    Hunter and McCall try to solve a bank robbery and murder, while attempting to cope with the double and triple-crossing schemes of a small time criminal who once saved Hunter's life and won't let him forget it.

  9. 9Partners

    60 minJan 7, 1989

    When the husband of a policewoman is murdered, evidence of wife abuse makes Hunter and McCall suspect the woman's patrol partner who knew about the beatings.

  10. 10The Pit

    60 minJan 14, 1989

    The son of an LAPD dispatcher lands himself in hot water when he accumulates gambling debts.

  11. 11City Under Siege (1)

    60 minFeb 4, 1989

    Hunter and McCall track a pair of killers through a Los Angeles suburb where a crime wave and backlash vigilantism threaten to tear the community apart.

  12. 12City Under Siege (2)

    60 minFeb 11, 1989

    An escaped killer continues to stalk Hunter; a desperate vigilante fights crime in his neighborhood.

  13. 13City Under Siege (3)

    60 minFeb 18, 1989

    Hunter nabs an escaped convict after a neighborhood vigilante is found dead.

  14. 14Me, Myself & Die

    60 minFeb 25, 1989

    A woman is the prime suspect in a brutal murder case after she stops taking her experimental medication.

  15. 15Informant

    60 minMar 18, 1989

    An informant to whom Hunter promised anonymity seven years earlier represents himself when his case is re-tried.

  16. 16Blood Line

    60 minApr 1, 1989

    Hunter and McCall follow the trail of revenge and fraud while investigating the murder of a thoroughbred racehorse.

  17. 17Shoot to Kill

    60 minApr 8, 1989

    McCall is suspected of having shot an innocent man during a shootout in an alley and fights to clear her name with help from Hunter and Sporty James. While helping McCall, they discover a ring of jewel thieves.

  18. 18Code 3

    60 minApr 15, 1989

    When a nurse she recently befriended is killed in a car accident related to alcohol just a few days later, McCall suspects foul play. She is even more convinced of that after learning the nurse was pregnant, and would not have mixed alcohol with the morning sickness medication she was taking.

  19. 19Ring of Honor

    60 minApr 29, 1989

    When a series of murders hits the prize-fighting community, a boxing trainer helps Hunter and McCall investigate. Boxing turns deadly when the manager of promising fighter Sonny Ruiz and a doctor are both murdered. Hunter penetrates the world of prizefighting.

  20. 20Teen Dreams

    60 minMay 6, 1989

    Prostitutes are being murdered by a man who lures them disguised as a police officer. When McCall's friend Debbie Small (from the "City Under Siege" saga) returns to the profession, she may be the next target.

  21. 21Last Run

    60 minMay 13, 1989

    Hunter and McCall try to rescue an undercover female agent who was kidnapped during an investigation into money laundering, and have to deal with interference from the girl's father, who's a cop himself.

  22. 22Return of White Cloud

    60 minMay 21, 1989

    Hunter and McCall investigate the murder of an art gallery owner involved in illegal sales of Native American artifacts, and find themselves drawn into a mysterious world of Native American politics.

Where to watch Hunter

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Series cast

Fred DryerRick Hunter152 episodes
Stepfanie KramerDee Dee McCall152 episodes
Charles HallahanCharlie Devane110 episodes
Perry CookMort29 episodes
Darlanne FluegelJoanne Molenski22 episodes
James Whitmore Jr.Bernie Terwilliger16 episodes
Bruce DavisonWyler14 episodes
John AmosCaptain Dolan13 episodes
Lauren LaneChris Novak11 episodes
Garrett Morris'Sporty' James11 episodes
John ShearinAmbrose Finn9 episodes
Don EdmondsRon Rayford8 episodes
Paul ManteeCommander Clayton7 episodes
Danil TorppeDavid Shyer7 episodes
Martin E. BrooksMike Snow6 episodes
Gary CrosbySmitty6 episodes
Arthur RosenbergLester Cain6 episodes
Budge ThrelkeldBooking Sergeant6 episodes

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