78.  [4-11]  12/12/89  THE BUDDIES

        Matlock reluctantly sniffs around when his dying friend's
        wish is for Matlock to find out which one of their hunting
        buddies committed a 35-year-old murder.

        w. Phil Mishkin             d. Frank Thackery

        Dr. Lucas Sinclair...........George Coe
        Assemblyman Bud Carlson......Hugh Gillin
        Pastor James Hubert..........Fritz Weaver
        Calvin Stokes................Arnold Johnson
        Dep.DA Hudson................Jill Andre
        Yound Carlson................Ed Beechner
        Hitchhiker...................Beth Black
        Asst DA Taft.................Buddy Bryan
        Yound Kingsley...............Thomas Robert Burke
        Judge Webber.................Isabel Cooley
        Carlson's Aide...............Kat Ellis
        Ellen Kingsley...............Robin Gordon
        Young Hubert.................Girald Hopkins
        Young Sinclair...............Stephen McDonough
        Piano Player.................Ray Templin
        Mr. Morgan...................Ed Williams
        .............................Leland Crooke