"Hunter" (1984) TV series 1984-1991

Directors:

Fred Dryer
Alan Myerson

Writers:

Terry D. Nelson (writer) (7 episodes)
Dallas L. Barnes (teleplay) (5 episodes)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

18 September 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Detective Sergeant Rick Hunter and his partner, Sergeant Dee Dee McCall, are homicide investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Beautiful Woman | Female Cop | Based On Novel

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Fred Dryer	...	Det. Sgt. Rick Hunter (152 episodes, 1984-1991)
Stepfanie Kramer	...	Det. Sgt. Dee Dee McCall (130 episodes, 1984-1990)

Runtime:

60 min (153 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Stephen J. Cannell Productions

Trivia:

Hunter and McCall's nicknames for the first 2 seasons: "The Hunter" and "The Brass Cupcake".

Quotes:

Hunter: Ya need a date?
Dee Dee: Yeah. You got somebody in mind who doesn't look like a cop?
Hunter: Uh, wait a minute now. You look more like a cop than I do.
Dee Dee: Hunter, if you looked any more like a cop, they'd give you a TV series where you got to play one!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Damned in the U.S.A. (1991)

my favorite cop show from the 80s

My favorite cop show of the 80s was HUNTER. Fred Dryer was awesome as Rick Hunter, a shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later Dirty Harry-type, which is actually what the show started out as, but the character was toned down a little afterwards. Stephanie Kramer, as D.D. McCall, was the best of his three female partners, as was Charles Hallahan as the third of three different captains. It was like a small-screen action movie, with plenty of car chases and gun fights. Dryer and Kramer had great chemistry, which especially came across in the episodes featuring personal stories for the two, such as the first season two-parter in which Hunter defies orders and goes to Mexico to look for a guy who had attacked McCall and hid behind his diplomatic immunity. It was an episode that allowed Hunter to display the depth of his friendship to McCall and showed just how much the characters cared for one another. I don't remember too much about the later years (in which Hunter went through two new partners), but I recall a lot of the earlier ones, with many standout episodes. I would definitely love to have this great series on DVD.