Hardcastle and McCormick

• Brian Keith: Judge Milton C. " Hardcase " Hardcastle
• Daniel Hugh Kelly: Mark " Skid " McCormick

• John Hancock: Lieutenant Mike Delaney (1984-1985)
• Joe Santos: Lieutenant Frank Harper (1985-1986)

Hardcastle & McCormick is an American action series that was produced from 1983 to 1986 by Stephen J. Cannell Productions.

Action

The retired judge of the Supreme Court of Los Angeles, Milton C. Hardcastle wants to work up a total of 200 cases, which he could not complete. This helps him Mark McCormick, a former racing driver, who was sentenced by the judge of car theft and is under its care. Together, they clarify now on these unsolved cases.

The series won primarily by their performers who've been successful by other series. Another recipe for success is in detail the interplay between the main characters. Here, both the contrasting types as well as the age difference play an important role.

Sport car

Especially for the series was a special sports car, the Coyote made ​​. Instead of a conventional model to use a Kit Car was used. In the series, two different models were used. The first model had a VW chassis and a Porsche 914er engine. In the second and third season, a modified De Lorean was used.

Location

The address of the Villa of judge Milton Hardcastle named Gulls Way is 26800 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu 90265th

Synchronization

The synchronization was performed by the synchronous arena under the direction of Thomas Dannenberg, who also spoke Daniel Hugh - Kelly McCormick here. Brian Keith as Milton C. Hardcastle was voiced by Arnold Marquis.

Soundtrack

The theme music with the name Drive, sung by David Morgan have, Mike Post and Pete Carpenter composed. Superseded from the second season by the title back to back, composed by Post / Carpenter and sung by Joey Scarbury led protests of the fan base for reinstatement of the original theme music Drive from the second half of the second season.

Broadcast notes

In Germany the first twelve episodes of the series were broadcast for the first time January to May 1985 at the private television station Sat.1. This was followed by 13 new episodes from April to July, 1986, 16 more from October 1987 to January 1988. The last 25 episodes showed ProSieben in October-November 1990. Replicates were carried out both at Sat.1 (1987) and ProSieben (1990-1994), as also on kabel eins (1995-2001) and kabel eins classics ( since 2007).