17.  2/10/87   THE CONVICT

         Matlock defends a man whose murder case he lost seven years
         before: the man, now nearing parole, is charged with the
         stabbing death of a fellow inmate.

         w. Marvin Kupfer               d. Dan Haller
            music by Morton Stevens

         Lester Matthews................Larry Wilcox
         Roger Bundy....................Robert Walden
         Sam Dolan......................Robert Pine
         Andrea Colter..................Lee Purcell
         Eli Walsh......................David L. Lander
         Asst DA........................Robin Thomas
         Foley..........................? Nick Cassavetes
         Wayne Ashley...................Erik Stern
         Guard/Witness..................Arnold Turner
         Judge Irene Sawyer.............Lucille Meredith
         Lt. Bob Brooks.................David Froman
         Bailiff........................Kahlil Wheaton

      Co-starring:
         Charles Young           Lee Dupree       Robert Legionaire
         Bryan Michael McGuire   Robert Patten    Joe Praml
         Tom Tyler               Lee Harris       Billy Ray Sharkey