Hawkins (TV series)

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Television series
German title Hawkins
Original title Hawkins
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 1973-1974
Production
company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
length 90 minutes
Episodes 8 in 1 season
genre Thriller
idea David Karp
music Jerry Goldsmith
First broadcast March 13, 1973 (USA) on CBS
German-language
first broadcast
May 18, 1988 on Das Erste
occupation

Hawkins is an American television series produced by MGM Television for CBS . Between 1973 and 1974 there was an eight-episode season with James Stewart in the lead role. Guest stars on the series included Robert Webber , Bonnie Bedelia , Sam Elliott, and Julie Harris , among others . Lead actor Stewart won the Golden Globe Award for his performance , and the series was nominated for two other Golden Globes.

action

Billy Jim Hawkins is a lawyer in a small town in West Virginia . Together with his cousin RJ, who works as his assistant, he takes on the defense of accused, whose innocence he proves in the course of the episode.

background

In the mystery created by Robert Hamner and David Karp , James Stewart played a role similar to that in his earlier hit 1959 Anatomy of a Murder . Despite the great response and winning the Golden Globe Award, the series was canceled again after one season at Stewart's request. Stewart felt that the quality of scripts and directors on television could not consistently reach the level to which he had become accustomed with his movies.

As part of The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies , rotated every three weeks with the TV movie adaptations of Shaft and other TV series in one issue. This was a popular programming strategy in television entertainment in the late 1960s and 1970s.

Episode list

No. German title Original title First broadcast in the USA German language first broadcast (D) Director script
1 The defense attorney Death and the Maiden 13 Mar 1973 May 18, 1988 Jud Taylor David Karp
2 Murder or mercy? Die, Darling, Die Oct 23, 1973 0June 1, 1988 Paul Wendkos David Karp, Gene L. Coon
3 Murder in the arena Murder In The Slave Trade Nov 22, 1974 June 15, 1988 Paul Wendkos David Karp, Robert Hammer
4th Death in Hollywood Murder in Movieland 0Oct 2, 1973 June 29, 1988 Jud Taylor David Karp
5 Tooth for tooth Life For A Life Nov 13, 1973 July 13, 1988 Jud Taylor David Karp
6th Dirty business Candidate For Murder 05th Mar 1974 July 27, 1988 Robert Scheerer David Karp, Robert Hammer
7th Blood feud Blood Feud 0Dec. 4, 1973 Aug 10, 1988 Paul Wendkos David Karp
8th Murder on the 13th floor Murder on the Thirteenth Floor 0Feb. 5, 1974 Aug 24, 1988 Jud Taylor David Karp

Awards

  • 1974: Golden Globe Award for James Stewart
  • 1974: 2 Golden Globe nominations

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. McNeil, Alex (1996). Total television . Penguin Books USA, Inc. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8 . P. 365.