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Starring David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser
Season 4 (ABC) (1978-79)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
references:
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############## Starsky and Hutch #############
############## season 4 1978-79 ##############
############### (final season) ###############
ABC Tuesdays 10:00-11:00pm Eastern

4.01 [68] Starsky and Hutch: DISCOMANIA (verified on film)
12-Sep-1978 ABC Tue
Written by Rick Edelstein / Directed by Arthur Marks
director of photography: Eduardo J. Ricci / film editor: Howard Kunin.
music by Andrew Kulberg / theme by Tom Scott
disco arrangements by Eric Scott & Peter McIna
Guest cast:
Pierrino Mascarino ..... Tony Mariposa
Adrian Zmed ............ Marty Decker
Bruce Scott ............ Disc Jockey (Walt)
Susan Duvall ........... Judith
Special Guest Star:
Amanda McBroom ......... Sgt. Lizzie Thorpe
Co-Starring:
Tom Tarpey ............. Officer Harding
Deb-E Chaffin .......... Rita
Paula Sills ............ Michelle Brady
Michelle Turner ........ Waitress
And:
Bunny Summers .......... Mrs. (Pat K.) Anderson
Dancers who worked at a disco are found dead, wearing identical ankle bracelets

4.02 [69] Starsky and Hutch: THE GAME  (verified on film)
19-Sep-1978 ABC Tue
Written by Tim Maschler / Directed by Leo Penn
director of photography: Edward J. Ricci / film editor: George W. Brooks.
music by Mark Snow
Guest Starring:
Jack Ging .............. Ray Pardee
Suzanne Charney ........ Gina
Special Guest Stars:
Liz Torres ............. Anita
Joseph R. Sicari ....... Ernie Silvers
Co-Staring:
David Pendleton ........ Doctor
C.J. O'Neill ........... Officer Simmons
Herbert S. Braha ....... Babcock
Connie Lee Claywell .... Nurse
And:
Raymond Allen .......... Merle "The Earl"
Hutch challenges Starsky that he can elude his partner for a whole weekend, but their game
soon turns deadly serious.

4.03 [70] Starsky and Hutch: BLINDFOLD (verified on film)
26-Sep-1978 ABC Tue
Written by Pat Fielder & Richard Bluel / Directed by Leo Penn
director of photography: Eduardo J. Ricci / film editor: Asa Boyd Clark
music by Mark Snow
Guest Starring:
Kim Cattrall ........... Emily Harrison
Gary Wood .............. Don Widdicombe
Robin Strand ........... Kenny Widdicombe
Sheldon Allman ......... Doctor
Special Guest Stars:
Joan Pringle ........... Sharon
Howard George .......... Pinky
A bullet from Starsky's gun blinds an art student (Kim Cattrall) during a shootout with a jewel thief.

4.04 [71] Starsky and Hutch: PHOTO FINISH  (verified on film)
10-Oct-1978 ABC Tue
Teleplay by Robert E. Swanson / Story by Michael Wagner and Robert E. Swanson
Directed by Sutton Roley
director of photography: Eduardo J. Ricci / film editor: George W. Brooks
music by Shorty Rogers
Guest Starring
Graham Jarvis .......... Basil Monk
Brit Lind .............. Marcie Fletcher
Shera Danese ........... Nicole Monk
Fran Ryan .............. Landlady
Lois Areno ............. Paula
Special Guest Star:
Sally Kirkland ......... Greta Wren/ Dora Pruitt
*
Co-Starring:
Hank Brandt ............ John Reinhart
Anne O'Donnell ......... Secretary
Jayson Kane ............ Troy Braddock
Eldon Burke ............ Patrolman (Officer Burke)
While attending a photographer friend's party, an artist is shot dead. Will the snaps of the shindig
develop into solid leads?

4.5 [72] Starsky and Hutch: MOONSHINE (verified on film)
17-Oct-1978 ABC Tue
Written by Fred Freiberger (on film)
Teleplay by Fred Freiberger & Robert Dellinger (on copyright) / Story by Fred Freiberger (on copyright)
Directed by Reza Badiyi
director of photography: Eduardo J. Ricci / film editor: George W. Brooks
music by Andrew Kulberg
Guest Starring:
Billy Green Bush ....... Willy Hall
Zachary Lewis .......... Melvin Hall
Shug Fisher ............ Sam Ivers
James Noble ............ Treasury Agent Kendell
Special Guest Star:
Mary Louise Weller ..... Dolly Ivers
*
Co-Starring:
Lee McLaughlin ......... Earl
Pat Corley ............. Ben Meadows
Bruce M. Fischer ....... Rudy
Don Maxwell ............ Manager
Lanny Horn ............. Kid
Dennis Fimple .......... Virgil
Johnnie Collins III .... Frank
and:
William Cort ........... Detective Hank Munson
The detectives pursue moonshiners stealing sugar from supermarkets.

4.6 [73] Starsky and Hutch: STRANGE JUSTICE  (verified on film)
24-Oct-1978 ABC Tue
Written by Richard Kelbaugh / Directed by Reza Badiyi
director of photography: Jimmy L. Albert / film editor: Asa Boyd Clark, A.C.E.
music by Mark Snow / theme by Tom Scott
Guest Starring:
Mary Francis Crosby .... Leslie Slate
Juli Andelman .......... Lori Prescott
Susan Heldfond ......... Cassie
Carl Anderson .......... Marsellus Cobb
Special Guest Star:
Kenneth McMillan ....... Lt. Daniel E. Slate
*
Co-Starring:
John Zenda ............. Captain Ed Myerson
Tom Baker .............. Officer Chuck Dobson
John Lisbon Wood ....... Thief
With:
Lindsay Bloom .......... Officer Dee O'Reilly
Woody Eney ............. D.A. Arnold Rich
Frederic Franklyn ...... Hotel Clerk
Wendell Wright ......... Officer
And:
Joseph Reale ........... Lenny Biggs
A long-serving police lieutenant takes the law into his own hands when his daughter is
raped and the assailant is released.

4.7 [74] Starsky and Hutch: THE AVENGER   (verified on film)
31-Oct-1978 ABC Tue
Written by Robert E. Swanson / Directed by Sutton Roley
director of photography: Eduardo J. Ricci / film editor: Howard Kunin.
music by Jack Elliott and Allyn Ferguson
 Guest Starring:
Joanna Cassidy ......... Monique Travers
Tim Thomerson .......... Phil
Michael Delano ......... Roger
Special Guest Stars:
Hildy Brooks ........... Bobbie
Charles Cyphers ........ Medical Examiner Delaney
*
Co-Starring:
G.W. Bailey ............ Hotel Clerk
Suzanne Kent ........... Girl in Disco
Marki Bey .............. Officer Minnie Kaplan
Steve Bayne ............ Barman
The duo takes the case of a woman whose suitors are apparently being bumped off by a jealous ex.
However, all is not as it seems.

4.08 [75] Starsky and Hutch: DANDRUFF   (verified on film)
14-Nov-1978 ABC Tue
Written by Ron Friedman / Directed by Sutton Roley
director of photography: Jimmy L. Albert / film editor: Asa Boyd Clark
music by Mark Snow
 Guest Starring:
Rene Auberjonois ....... The Baron
Madison Arnold ......... Dinty
Blackie Dammett ........ Ellis
Tracey Walters ......... Leo
Jacques Aubuchon ....... Davidowsky
Special Guest Stars:
Audrey Meadows ......... Hilda Zuckerman
Norm Alden ............. Buddy Owens
Co-Starring:
Leigh Hamilton ......... Vivian
F. William Parker ...... Harry
Alex Rodine ............ Van Dam
With:
John Fujioka ........... Adachi
Yullis Ruval ........... Voluptuos Girl
Ed Wright .............. Old Man
Sydney Blake ........... Lorraine
Susan McIver ........... Nurse
And:
Pearl Shear ............ Bernice
Starsky and Hutch remain a cut above their adversaries as they go undercover as effeminate hairdressers to
catch a thief.

4.09 [76] Starsky and Hutch: BLACK AND BLUE (verified on film)
21-Nov-1978 ABC Tue
Written & Directed by Rick Edelstein
director of photography: Eduardo J. Ricci / film editor: Asa Boyd Clark.
music by Mundell Lowe
Guest Starring:
Vonetta McGee .......... Detective Joan Meredith
René LeVant ............ Lionel Train
Candace Bowen .......... Vivian
Special Guest Star:
Lily Valenty ........... Mrs. Greene
Co-Starring:
Regie Baff ............. Elaine
Susan Kellerman ........ Mary
Michael T. Williamson .... Bruce
Maurice Sneed .......... James
Joan Crosby ............ Woman
Featuring:
John Petlock ........... Doctor
Mary Mercier ........... Nurse #1
Pamela Toll ............ Nurse #2
Judy Jean Berns ........ Mrs. Freemont
When Hutch is crtically wounded responding to a reported burglary. Starsky gets a feisty new female partner.
Starsky and the policewoman (Vonetta McGee) seek teen-agers ransacking empty houses. .

4.10 [77] Starsky and Hutch: THE GROUPIE (verified on film)
28-Nov-1978 ABC Tue
 Written by Robert Dellinger / Directed by Nicholas Colasanto
director of photography: Jimmy L. Albert / film editor: Howard Kunin
music by Shorty Rogers
Guest Starring:
Caren Kaye ............. Melinda Rogers
John Ashton ............ Roy Sears
David Knapp ............ Bill Walters
Arthur Roberts ......... Ed Ohlin
Darryl McCullough ...... Harold
Marianne Bunch ......... Barbara Wilson
With:
Gerald Hiken ........... Mr. Marks
Special Guest Star:
Robert Loggia .......... Jack Parker
Co-Starring:
Richard Milholland ..... Thief
Feather Austen ......... Girl
Will Walker ............ Man in Bar
Starsky and Hutch go undercover in the fashion industry, intent on stitching up a racketeering ring.

4.11 [78] Starsky and Hutch: COVER GIRL  (verified on film)
12-Dec-1978 ABC Tue
Teleplay by Robert Dellinger and Rick Edelstein / Story by Dan Ullman
Directed by Rick Edelstein
director of photography: Jimmy L. Albert / film editor: Howard Kunin
music by Mark Snow
 Guest Starring:
Maud Adams ............. Kate Larrabee
Alan Miller ............ James Brady
Special Guest Star:
Calvin Lockhart ........ Angel
Co-Starring:
Jerome Guardino ........ Lindsay
Russ Marin ............. Dr. Harriman
Bo Byers ............... Officer Richards
Frank Geraci ........... Bartender
Marki Bey .............. Officer Minnie Kaplan
With:
Jeffrey Tambor ......... Randolph
Ken Olfson ............. Big Ed
One of Hutch's ex-girlfriends who is dying of cancer hires a hit man to end her suffering; but now she's getting
better and wants to live.

4.12 [79] Starsky and Hutch: STARSKY'S BROTHER  (verified on film)
19-Dec-1978 ABC Tue
Teleplay by Ralph Wallace Davenport and Robert Earl / Story by Ralph Wallace Davenport
Directed by Arthur Marks
director of photography: Jimmy L. Albert / film editor: George W. Brooks
music by Alan Silvestri
 Guest Starring:
John Herzfeld .......... Nicholas Marvin Starsky
John O'Leary ........... Victor
Nicholas Worth ......... Al
Eddie Fontaine ......... Jake
Stanley Grover ......... Frank Weldon
David Moses ............ Bronson
Elizabeth Brooks ....... Marlene
Special Guest Star:
Antony Ponzini ......... Frank Stryker
Co-Starring:
Joan Shawlee ........... Mrs. Krupp
Libery Godshall ........ Katie
Linda Lawrence ......... Carol
Jill Jaress ............ Officer Sweeney
Brenda Venus ........... Sexy Woman
Diane Copeland ......... Singer
Counterfeiters hold Starsky's brother hostage in exchange for paper needed to print money.

4.13 [80] Starsky and Hutch: THE GOLDEN ANGEL  (verified on film)
16-Jan-1979 ABC Tue
Teleplay by Joe Reb Moffley, Robert Dellinger & George Arthur Bloom / Story by George Arthur Bloom
Directed by Sutton Roley
director of photography: Jimmy L. Albert / film editor: Howard Kunin
music by Murray MacLeod & J. A. C. Redford
Guest Starring:
Steve Oliver ........... Buzzy Boone
Lynn Benesch ........... Candy Reese
Hilary Beane ........... Camille Boone
Richard Karron ......... Hammerlock Grange
Special Guest Star:
Ray Walston ............ Tommy Reese
Co-Starring:
George Reynolds ........ Caterer
Mike Foster ............ Policeman
Paula Victor ........... Stella
Starsky hops into the ring to draw out a suspect threatening a professional wrestler.

4.14 [81] Starsky and Hutch: BALLAD FOR A BLUE LADY   (verified on film)
23-Jan-1979 ABC Tue
Teleplay by Sidney Ellis and Paul Michael Glaser / Story by Sidney Ellis
Directed by Paul Michael Glaser
director of photography: Jimmy L. Albert / film editor: Asa Boyd Clark.
music by Mark Snow
Guest Starring:
Malachi Throne ......... Joe Finch
Arell Blanton .......... Casey O'Brien
With:
Stack Pierce ........... Chicky
John Karlen ............ Deputy D.A. Stanton
Special Guest Star:
Jenny O'Hara ........... Marianne Owens
*
Sandy Baron ............ Harry Owens
Co-Starring:
Dominic Barto .......... Charlie Baron
Alex Kubik ............. Bodyguard
Bobby A ................ Bartender
The brother of Hutch's girlfriend is linked to the murders of witnesses against a mobster.