Jake and the Fatman: Series (1992)
3.4 of 5 from 45 ratings
9h 46min
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- Synopsis:
Veteran district attorney "Fatman" McCabe (William Conrad) solves cases with the help of his easygoing private investigator partner Jake Styles (Joe Penny)...This was the pilot to the series. A man and a woman who are lovers commit a murder. Eventually it is revealed that the victim is the father and husband of the two who killed him. J.L. McCabe, the tough district attorney known as "The Fatman", suspects them right away but unfortunately has no evidence, so he sends his ace investigator, Jake Styles to get the evidence. But it won't be easy cause these two covered their tracks very well... McCabe exposes a couple's sinister plot for the husband to climb the corporate ladder by framing his competitor for murder...An ex-cop turned P.I. says he came across a man who was stabbed. But the man he says was stabbed is identified as a wealthy businessman McCabe knows who turns out to be alive. McCabe thinks he was inebriated but Jake who knows his reputation tries to help him. They think it might have to do with one of the man's businesses weapons. So Jake goes undercover as a weapons dealer...Jake's friend and fellow police detective, Michael DaSilva, moves back to LA, but when a woman he met on his first night in town turns up dead the next day, Jake must help him find her killer... - Actors:
- William Conrad, Joe Penny, Alan Campbell, Olga Russell, George O'Hanlon Jr., Jack Hogan, Lu Leonard, Karen Keawehawaii, Melody Anderson, Steven Perry, Taylor Fry, Nelson Mashita, Freddie Dawson, Rebeccah Bush, Signy Coleman, Tommy Fujiwara, Casey Sander, Ben Wong, Bob Silva, Ted Neale
- Directors:
- Bernard L. Kowalski, Reza Badiyi, Michael Lange, E.W. Swackhamer, Georg Fenady, Ron Satlof, Alexander Singer, Russ Mayberry, Harvey S. Laidman, John C. Flinn III, Christian I. Nyby II, Chuck Bowman, Ron Stein, Christopher Hibler, Leo Penn, Jackie Cooper, Don Medford, Dale White, Frank Thackery, Jerry Jameson
- Producers:
- Robin Madden, Kimmer Ringwald, David Abramowitz, Barry Steinberg, Fred McKnight, Joseph B. Wallenstein, Ron Satlof
- Creators:
- Douglas Stefen Borghi, Dean Hargrove, Joel Steiger
- Writers:
- Douglas Stefen Borghi, Dean Hargrove, Joel Steiger, Kimmer Ringwald, Tom Lazarus, Robert Hamilton, Paul Robert Coyle, Kevin Droney, David Abramowitz, William T. Conway, Rick Kelbaugh, J. Michael Straczynski, Jeri Taylor, Robin Madden, Carol Saraceno, Robert Brennan, Gerry Conway, Philip Saltzman, Steve Aspis, David Moessinger
- Studio:
- Via Vision
- Genres:
- TV Crimes, TV Dramas, TV Mysteries
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