The Murder That Wouldn't Die (1980)

Director: Ron Satlof

William Conrad stars as a retired L.A.P.D. detective who has moved to Hawaii and taken a job as a college security chief and assistant football coach in this pilot to a post-"Cannon" series to have been called "Battles." With the aid of his niece, the school's star football player, a local tough-turned-college student, and the college dean, he investigates two related murders that occurred nearly 40 years apart.

Cast

William Conrad

William Battles

Lane Caudell

Deacon Johnson

Robin Mattson

Shelby Battles

Marj Dusay

Dean Mary Phillips

Tommy Aguilar

Tuliosis

Jimmy Borges

Lt. Frank Fowler

Roger Bowen

Coach Spaulding

Sharon Acker

Jill Spencer

Edward Binns

Allan Battles

José Ferrer

Jeff Briggs