It shows the Green Beret doctor who is shown to be a loving doting husband and father. But it also shows him as a smug womanizer there who is way too overconfident.
But really it shows the late Karl Malden and Eva Marie Saint as the concerned parents that are grieving the loss of their daughter Colette and grandchildren and took nine years to bring Dr. Jeffrey McDonald to justice. Never give up nor give in attitude.
Still Gary Cole brings both warmth and that of smugness to his breakout role as the anti-hero antagonist.
Sadly two tragedies occurred, Judith Barsi who plays a murdered daughter would be murdered in real life by her own father along with her mother and father later taken his own life in 1988.
Albert Salimi who played the no nonsense judge would kill himself and his wife due to depression in 1990.
Still such a thrilling classic and that is why the late Andy Griffith as the quirky but wise prosecutor would get his title role on "Matlock!"
But really it shows the late Karl Malden and Eva Marie Saint as the concerned parents that are grieving the loss of their daughter Colette and grandchildren and took nine years to bring Dr. Jeffrey McDonald to justice. Never give up nor give in attitude.
Still Gary Cole brings both warmth and that of smugness to his breakout role as the anti-hero antagonist.
Sadly two tragedies occurred, Judith Barsi who plays a murdered daughter would be murdered in real life by her own father along with her mother and father later taken his own life in 1988.
Albert Salimi who played the no nonsense judge would kill himself and his wife due to depression in 1990.
Still such a thrilling classic and that is why the late Andy Griffith as the quirky but wise prosecutor would get his title role on "Matlock!"