The Witness is the fourteenth episode of the fourth season of Matlock, and the eighty-first episode overall.
Plot[]
Before heading off to California, Matlock passes his first case to Michelle, where his former paperboy, Jimmy Newton (Michael Mantell), was arrested for the murder of Rick Allen (Patrick St. Esprit), a bartender. It turns out that an old friend of Michelle’s, Sandra Townsend (Caitlin Clarke), was the culprit; Rick was Sandra’s ex-boyfriend, and he had threatened to expose her nightlife to her bosses (as she was senior counsel with Drexel, Harris, and Townsend, and liked to let her hair down and go to the bars when she was off work). At first, Michelle hated to do that to Sandra, after putting her on the stand, but she did, and her old classmate had connived her in not confessing to it. Upon her arrest, Sandra gives Michelle one last nod of respect.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Andy Griffith as Ben Matlock
- Nancy Stafford as Michelle Thomas
- Julie Sommars as A.D.A. Julie March
- and Kene Holliday as Tyler Hudson
Guest Stars[]
(in alphabetical order)
- Gene Butler as Michael Caliguire
- Caitlin Clark as Sandra Townsend
- David Froman as Lt. Bob Brooks
- Michael Mantell as Jimmy Newton
- Rob Moran as Assistant D.A. John
- Patrick St. Esprit as Rick Allen
Co-Starring[]
- Brad Blaisdell as Detective Bristol
- Henry Brown as Asst. D.A. Hunter
- Stephen Bruton as Jury Foreman
- Jeames Higgins as Donald Newton
- Al Maines as Landlord
- Lucille Meredith as Judge Sawyer
- Karen Moncrieff as Miss Eberhardt
- Richard Newton as Judge Cooksey
- Al Pugliese as Workman
- Mort Sertner as Mr. Morgan