Matlock (1986)★ 7.2/10
- Crime
- Drama
- Mystery
Directed by: Christopher Hibler, Harvey S. Laidman, Leo Penn, Frank Thackery, Robert Scheerer
Written by: Dean Hargrove, Gerald Sanoff, Joel Steiger, Anne Collins, Joyce Burditt
Ben Matlock is a very expensive criminal defense attorney, who charges one hundred thousand dollars to take a case. Fortunately, he's worth every penny, as he and his associates defend his clients by finding the real killer.
- Original title
- Matlock
- Storyline
- In this legal drama, Andy Griffith plays Ben Matlock, a criminal-defense lawyer based in Atlanta. Matlock typically identifies and confronts the perpetrator in a dramatic courtroom scene. His goal, most often, is to prove reasonable doubt of his client's guilt. Rumor suggests that the character is based on lawyer Bobby Lee Cook, Georgia's colorful "dean of criminal-defense attorneys."
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 10,992
- Companies
- Dean Hargrove Productions, Fred Silverman Company, The Matlock Company, Viacom Productions, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Cine5, France 3, ITV - Independent Television, Katholieke Radio Omroep (KRO), La Cinq (La 5), Me-TV, Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Television, Paramount+, Pluto TV, TF6, Télé Monte Carlo, Viacom
- Release dates
- US September 20, 1986
- GB May 1, 1987
- NL May 30, 1987
- BE June 3, 1987
- IT October 25, 1987
- FR January 1, 1988
- XWG January 5, 1988
- AU April 8, 2008
- CA April 8, 2008
- PL January 5, 2014
- BR October 17, 2018