142.  [7-13] 5/6/93  THE COMPETITION

        The apparent suicide of a piano student (Samantha Grant) after
        losing a scholarship competition doesn't ring true to Matlock.

        w. Anne Collins              d. Leo Penn
           story by Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff
           music by Artie Kane

        Michael Baldwin..............Andy Stahl
        Sandra Baldwin...............Lisa Norman
        Russ Lewis...................Leo Penn
        Becky Smith..................Kim Walker
        Billy Lewis..................Warren Frost
        Mr. DeLong...................Leon Russom
        .............................David Aldrich
        Juliet DeLong................Samantha Grant
        Judge #1.....................John Bonitz
        Dr. Daphne Waddell...........Marilyn Carter
        Dr. Chomsky..................George Gray
        Officer......................Jay Madison
        Shirley Hawthorne............Lucile McIntyre
        Girl.........................Tara Thompson