Hot Pursuit (1984 TV series)
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Hot Pursuit was a short-lived television series starring Kerrie Keane and Eric Pierpoint
, which debuted on September 22, 1984 on NBC
. It was written and directed by executive producer Kenneth Johnson.
), and sentenced to prison. In reality, Victor Modrian's wife Estelle (Dina Merrill
) orchestrated the murder using a look-a-like for Kate. Jim discovers the homeless look-a-like and determines to bring Estelle to justice.
before them, they go on the run, tracking clues to the real culprits while taking on odd jobs to finance their search. Complicating their search is an assassin hired by Estelle Modrian to kill them so she is not exposed.
Eric Pierpoint
Eric Pierpoint is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as George Francisco on Fox Network's Alien Nation. He has appeared on all of the Star Trek spin-offs. He played five characters in the four series from 1993 to 2005.He is the son of retired CBS news correspondent Robert...
, which debuted on September 22, 1984 on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
. It was written and directed by executive producer Kenneth Johnson.
Plot
Jim and Kate Wyler are an upper-middle class couple. Kate is a successful automotive engineer, while Jim is a practicing veterinarian. Kate is framed for murdering her boss, Victor Modrian (Bradford DillmanBradford Dillman
-Early life:Bradford Dillman was born on April 14, 1930 in San Francisco, California, the son of Josephine and Dean Dillman, a stockbroker. He studied at Town School for Boys and St. Ignatius High School. Later he attended the Hotchkiss boarding school in Connecticut, where he became involved in...
), and sentenced to prison. In reality, Victor Modrian's wife Estelle (Dina Merrill
Dina Merrill
-Early life:Merrill was born Nedenia Marjorie Hutton in New York City, New York, the only child of Post Cereals heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post and her second husband, Wall Street stockbroker Edward Francis Hutton...
) orchestrated the murder using a look-a-like for Kate. Jim discovers the homeless look-a-like and determines to bring Estelle to justice.
On the run
While visiting his wife in prison, Jim Wyler forcibly helps her escape. Like The FugitiveThe Fugitive (TV series)
The Fugitive is an American drama series produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television that aired on ABC from 1963 to 1967. David Janssen stars as Richard Kimble, a doctor from the fictional town of Stafford, Indiana, who is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death...
before them, they go on the run, tracking clues to the real culprits while taking on odd jobs to finance their search. Complicating their search is an assassin hired by Estelle Modrian to kill them so she is not exposed.