73.  [4-6]  10/31/89  THE STAR

        Matlock isn't afraid of the case against a horror-film
        director (Dennis Christopher), who's charged with stabbing
        his star in an all-too-realistic murder scene.

        w. Anne Collins              d. Seymour Robbie
           story by Dean Hargrove, Joel Steiger & Joyce Burditt

        Noel Bishop..................Dennis Christopher
        Catherine McKay..............Anita Morris
        Susan McKay..................Yvette Niper
        Jack Burns...................Joseph Hacker
        Aaron Mitchell...............Allan Arbus
        Producer.....................Michael Holden
        Jury Foreperson..............Chris Anastasio
        Judge Jean Bailey............Isabel Cooley
        Actor........................David Kagan
        1st Asst Director............Jonathan Zeichner
        2nd Asst Director............John Lantz