1982
1h 30m

Summary Matt Houston is a wealthy Texan who moves to California to oversee his family's offshore drilling enterprises but spends most of his time dabbling in his private investigator hobby. View more details

1982
1h 30m

Matt Houston

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Lee Horsley Pamela Hensley Lincoln Kilpatrick Cis Rundle

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6.5

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Genres : Mystery Crime Drama

Release date : Sep 25, 1982

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : 604 S. Figueroa Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production companies : Aaron Spelling Productions Largo Productions Matt Houston Company

Details

Genres : Mystery Crime Drama

Release date : Sep 25, 1982

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : 604 S. Figueroa Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production companies : Aaron Spelling Productions Largo Productions Matt Houston Company

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Lynn-Holly Johnson in Matt Houston (1982)

Lee Horsley with veteran director Barbara Peeters.

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 25, 1982

X-22

When Nicolo Giambaccinni christens a new ocean liner, it blows up due to nitroglycerin in the champagne bottle. Suspects include his daughter Serena, his mistress Karen Ann, Karen Ann's agent Cody, and investor Wildcat Callahan.

Episode 2 • Oct 02, 1982

Stop the Presses

Tabloid publisher Al Brodax is nearly electrocuted beside his pool. The prime suspects tried to sue him and lost: ex-con Hanrahan who became a scapegoat for his legal troubles; mobster Ross; a sexy centerfold; and a bigamist magician.

Episode 3 • Oct 16, 1982

Deadly Fashion

When a fashion designer is murdered, the prime suspect is a model who happens to be Houston's ex. She turns to him for help. And he looks at the man's wife, his partner, and a designer.

Episode 4 • Oct 23, 1982

Killing Isn't Everything

When football team owner Jock Stryker is killed, suspicion falls on quarterback Randy, a friend of Houston's. Many people wanted Stryker dead, including his abused girlfriend Andrea, his resentful gofer Crusher, and Coach Buck Turley.

Episode 5 • Oct 30, 1982

Who Would Kill Ramona?

Actress Ramona Landers reports to the set of her comeback film. Her young costar Todd Gallagher accuses her of drunkenness, then gulps her drink and dies of poisoning. Houston interviews her husband and those involved with the film.

Episode 6 • Nov 06, 1982

Recipe for Murder

Restaurant critic Roger Marsden's severed head is served in aspic to his snooty partner J Hamilton Goodfellow. The cops suspect a restaurant owner whose eatery the critics panned. And then attempts are made on Goodfellow's life.

Episode 7 • Nov 20, 1982

Shark Bait

Lifeguards at the beach are being fatally attacked by sharks. Before her daughter Sue becomes a victim, Alice Landa hired Houston to find out if a shark can be programmed to kill.

Episode 8 • Nov 27, 1982

The Kidnapping

Critically ill Arab Prince Fahad has been abducted in his private plane while in flight, so his father King Abdul hires Houston to identify the guilty passenger. The Prince was on his way to medical treatment and has very little time left.

Episode 9 • Dec 04, 1982

Joey's Here

Manufacturer Will Hoyt is shot dead by a company robot, called a Joey. Murray's friend John Gordon Boyd designed the project that Hoyt was about to shut down. So Murray recruits Matt to rescue Boyd.

Episode 10 • Dec 11, 1982

The Good Doctor

At a hospital fund-raiser, Dr. Belkamp is shot by waiter Tom Chapman, a former orderly whom Belkamp fired for being inept. Chapman is killed while escaping. Did a member of the hospital research team hire him to kill Belkamp? If so, who?

Episode 11 • Jan 01, 1983

The Rock and the Hard Place

Boxer Bubba Dax dines with wife Janey and doctor Warren. On arriving to talk to Bubba, the doctor's nurse gets killed. Someone may be trying to kill Bubba who's had close calls lately. Bubba doesn't want Houston around.

Episode 12 • Jan 08, 1983

The Purrfect Crime

Cat food magnate Felix Randolph is killed by his pet tiger Pasha. Groundsman Buddy Young is arrested but Matt thinks the killer is one of four ex-wives, who cannot lay claim to Felix's $70 million estate until his killer is caught.

Episode 13 • Jan 15, 1983

The Yacht Club Murders

While being named Commodore of Southland Yacht Club, Rawson Harmon IV is killed by a snake. Manager Honey Lewis asks Matt to investigate. Suspects include Honey; her restless son Jeb; sleazy filmmaker Bevak; and unlucky gambler Binky.

Episode 14 • Jan 22, 1983

Whose Party Is It Anyway?

Houston goes to the office to meet some people who asked to see him. But when he gets there, he learns that they think he asked them to come. But Houston doesn't know all of them. But then one of the guests says that they do have something in common but that's when he's killed. And they find themselves locked in. And that's when someone is sending them messages which are suppose to be hints of why he is targeting them. And more people are getting killed. And more messages are being sent.

Episode 15 • Feb 19, 1983

Get Houston

Years ago, Matt sent dangerous psychotic Castanos to prison. Now Castanos escapes, makes an attempt on Matt, gets Bo instead, then kidnaps CJ to use as bait for a showdown with Matt in an abandoned amusement park.

Episode 16 • Feb 26, 1983

The Visitors

Womanizing scientist Ivar Mardosian dies of an induced heart attack while in the desert with colleagues awaiting alien contact. Are aliens really visiting, or is this a staged hoax to cover up a murder? And who killed him?

Episode 17 • Mar 05, 1983

Here's Another Fine Mess

Two men dressed like Laurel & Hardy try to kill C.J. Houston learns that some of her former sorority sisters have already been victims, and that the man that they had been dating could be responsible. But others are marked for murder, too.

Episode 18 • Mar 12, 1983

The Beverly Woods Social Club

During a carnival fund-raiser, vicious gossip columnist Vonda Moran is blown up because someone tampered with a "strength test" mallet & ringing bell attraction. Houston is subsequently kidnapped and persuaded to investigate.

Episode 19 • Mar 19, 1983

The Showgirl Murders

Alcoholic singer Johnny Foster wakes up with blood on his clothes and is arrested soon after for the serial killings of several Las Vegas showgirls. Johnny's friend Matt Houston thinks he's innocent.

Episode 20 • Apr 02, 1983

Fear for Tomorrow

Bloodied gunfire victim Eric Brant lands in a passing car, hands the driver a codebook, and gives her a message for Houston: Fear for Tomorrow. Brant dies when the car blows up. His assailants then go after Houston's buddy Vince Novelli.

Episode 21 • Apr 09, 1983

A Deadly Parlay

After Houston's friend Winston Fowler's top jockey Cindy Gaines breaches her contract with him to move to England, she is fatally pitch-forked in a stable. Houston is found standing over her remains and subsequently arrested for her murder.

Episode 22 • Apr 16, 1983

A Novel Way to Die

At a mystery writers' convention where Houston is the keynote speaker, publisher Wayne Slocum shoots hated mystery writer Emily Armor three times with a .45 magnum, then brazenly entreats his friend Houston to help solve her murder.

Episode 23 • Apr 23, 1983

The Hunted

Marquis Duval Sr. kidnaps C.J. and holds her hostage. As ransom, he demands that Houston arrange for his son, whom Houston considers a terrorist, to be released from prison.

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