Release Date | 1985-08-02 |
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Runtime | 60 minutes |
Genres | Drama |
Stars | Dina Merrill, Eric Pierpoint, Kerrie Keane, Michael Preston |
Directors | Kenneth Johnson |
Hot Pursuit is a short-lived American television series starring Kerrie Keane and Eric Pierpoint, which aired from September 22 to December 28, 1984 on NBC. It was written and directed by executive producer Kenneth Johnson.
An automotive engineer who has been framed for murder is rescued from police custody by her husband; they flee to New Orleans, beginning a cross-country odyssey to avoid the law and the real killers.
Jim is captured by local police after a high speed car chase; Kate turns to an enterprising 12-year-old boy for help in eluding the authorities.
Jim and Kate pose as ranchers to help a racehorse jockey who's been urged to fix an upcoming race; meanwhile, Shaw zeroes in on the fugitive couple.
Kate and Jim seek refuge with an old Army buddy of Jim's who suffers flashbacks in which he sees Kate as the traitorous woman he once loved.
Jim's sister is convalescing in a hospital after suffering a stroke. The will to see her puts Jim’s life in jeopardy. Kate is told that she's pregnant and decides to run away.
Jim searches for the mysteriously vanished Kate while she tries to survive in a forest where Shaw is stalking her.
Jim and Kate agree to help a young woman locate her missing fiance while she offers to track Kate's double in Seattle.
Falsely convicted of murder, the fugitive Kate Wyler kidnaps Estelle Modrian the auto mogul who framed her, and tries to extract information in an abandoned warehouse.
The Wylers discover that Kate's lookalike recently worked at a carnival, so Kate "returns" to the job to learn more about her.
Jim and Katy arrive to a small town and play as singles in order to ward off suspicions. Some townspeople are suddenly falling sick because of the water poisoned by the toxic waste dumped from the chemical plant where Katy is working.
Jim and Kate are given lodgings in a home for the elderly. They discover that the old people who live there are being cheated off their pensions by a gang of well-dressed crooks.
Kate and Jim get jobs at a bar called "The Pony Espresso". Jim works as a barman while Kate serves as an electrician. They meet a duo, husband and wife, of country singers.