1. 3/3/86  DIARY OF A PERFECT MURDER  (PILOT MOVIE)

         A TV reporter is accused of murdering his ex-wife and appeals
         to Matlock for help.

         w. Dean Hargrove
         d. Robert Day
            music by Dick De Benedictis

         Steve Emerson..................Steve Inwood
         Charlene Matlock...............Lori Lethin
         Tyler Hudson...................Kene Holliday
         Nelson White...................Lawrence Pressman
         Burton Hawkins,Prosecutor......Robin Thomas
         Paul Lockwood..................Jack Bannon
         Lt. Frank Daniels..............James McEachin
         Linda Coolidge.................Katherine Cannon
         Les McCall.....................Dennis Lipscomb
         Secretary......................Alice Hirson
         Judge Cooksey..................Richard Newton
         Dr. Farnsworth.................Billy Green Bush
         Ernie the Tailor...............Al Ruscio
         Mrs. Harris....................? Nadya Starr
         Harvey.........................Peter White
         ...............................Richard Lineback
         ...............................Erica Yohn
         ...............................Alan Haufrect
         ...............................Ted Sorel
         ...............................Darrell Zwerling
         ...............................Robert Schlitt
         ...............................Fred Morsell
         ...............................James V. Christy
         ...............................James Hardie
         Informer's Go-between..........Caroline Schlitt
         ...............................James Ingersoll