Hunter

Directed by Tom Gries

Written by William Blinn

Cast: James Franciscus as James Hunter, Linda Evans as Marty Shaw, Ned Beatty as Lt. Kluba, Broderick Crawford as General Meeter

Released 1976

An unaired pilot, this made-for-television movie dealt with a James Hunter who is quite a bit different from the Hunter that would be in the actual television series. This 'movie' Hunter was a man who was only recently released from prison after an 8-year stretch for an embezzlement he did not commit. He is determined to find the man who framed him, his  and to get justice. Helping him out is a prostitute he meets named Marty Shaw and a police lieutenant named Kluba. The nature of the man being sought, Ebersole, is shrouded in mystery.