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Rolling Thunder (1)

As the series begins, ex-race car driver Mark McCormick accepts a job driving the Coyote X, an experimental car designed by a friend of his named Flip Johnson. Mark loses his job, however, after Flip is killed in a car accident and ownership of the car is granted to industrialist Martin Cody. Barbara Johnson, Flip's daughter, refuses to accept her father's death as an accident and, believing that Cody murdered Flip in order to get the Coyote, asks Mark to steal the experimental car. Agreeing, Mark sneaks into Cody's compound and steals the car. The next morning, the police, who identified Mark when he stopped to save a police officer's life, move in and arrest the ex-race car driver. To Cody's regret, the police are unable to locate the Coyote. Brought before Hardcastle, who is presiding over his last case, Mark is given a choice: help the judge round-up two hundred men who walked out of the judge's courtroom on technicalities or go back to prison.

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  • Originally Aired September 18, 1983
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Network ABC (US)
  • Created October 5, 2021 by
    80sTV4me
  • Modified October 5, 2021 by
    80sTV4me
Name Type Role
Patrick Hasburgh Writer
Stephen J. Cannell Writer
Roger Young Director