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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0013131333398
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Lorimar Telepictures
Manufacturer: Lorimar Telepictures
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Lorimar Telepictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 03, 2006
Running Time: 1020 minutes
Sales Rank: 3693
Studio: Lorimar Telepictures
Theatrical Release Date: September 18, 1984
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22 Explosive Episodes With Guest Stars George Clooney, Anthony LaPaglia & More! He ruled Saturday nights with a quick gun, an iron fist, a hair-trigger temper and a law all his own. For L.A.P.D. Detective Sgt. Rick Hunter (Fred Dryer) and his partner Dee Dee McCall (Stepfanie Kramer), it was an unforgettable season of rape and revenge, kidnapping and prostitution, hotheaded cops and cold- blooded killers, and more of the most car-crashing, perp- smashing, rulebook-bashing action in television history! Charles Hallahan and Garrett Morris co-star in these 22 complete episodes featuring such guest stars as George Clooney, Anthony LaPaglia, Chaka Khan, Brent Spiner, Claudia Christian, Dean Stockwell, Marina Sirtis, Candy Clark, Leif Garrett, Leslie Hope, Larenz Tate, Larry Drake, Lauren Tewes, Shelley Taylor Morgan and much more!
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Created by Frank Lupo (The A-Team), Hunter was one of producer Stephen J. Cannell's more tough-minded cop shows. Credit the character of LAPD Det. Sgt. Rick Hunter (former NFL player Fred Dryer). Supplying the yin to Hunter's yang was partner Sgt. Dee Dee McCall (Stepfanie Kramer). 'Sometimes a soft approach can work,' she explains in the season premiere ('Overnight Sensation'). Unfortunately, Capt. Devane (Charles Hallahan) pulls the plug on their partnership in the following episode ('Change Partners and Dance'). 'You and Hunter have gotten too close,' he tells a disappointed McCall. To add insult to injury, Hunter takes the separation in stride. She thought they were friends. As it turns out, Hunter feels the same way and there's more to the breakup than meets the eye.
Other third season developments revolve around romance. Granted, Ray Wise (Twin Peaks) may be a murder suspect, but the culinary-challenged McCall can't resist a man who knows his way around a kitchen ('Crime of Passion'). A few episodes later, Hunter falls for a fellow detective with a few dirty secrets ('From San Francisco with Love'). Fortunately, there will be happier times ahead (that Hunter does get around). Filling out the quartet is Arnold 'Sporty' James (original SNL cast member Garrett Morris), their snappily dressed informant, who provides a welcome jolt of eccentricity. In 'Love, Hate, and Sporty James,' he takes a rare lead, demonstrating some decent dramatic chops.
Twenty-two episodes were produced for Hunter's third year, including the two-part finale ('Hot Pursuit'). Notable guests include Chaka Khan ('The Cradle Will Rock'), Star Trek: The Next Generation regulars Brent Spiner ('The Contract') and Marina Sirtis ('Down and Under'), and future TV superstars Anthony LaPaglia (the Australian-set 'Down and Under') and a pompadour-sporting George Clooney ('Double Exposure'). To quote Hunter, 'Works for me!' --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Rating:  - Three Seasons Down/Four More Seasons To Go
This 1986-87 Season wasn't too shabby,but could've done better. The 3rd Season is also the season when Los Angeles police Capt. Charlie Devane(Charles Hallahan) joins the cast and crew of Hunter replacing Los Angeles Police Capt. Wyler(Bruce Davison) making Devane Hunter and McCall's new boss along with the fact that Capt. Devane was the most successful, most sophisticated, and smartest captain on Hunter and had been on this show the longest out of all 4 of the captains Hunter and McCall had throughout Hunter's whole 7-year run on NBC, since Devane lasted on the show from the 3rd Season all the way to the 7th Season.
In addition, the 1986-87 Season was also the season when Hunter & McCall's informant buddy Sporty James(Garrett Morris) joins the cast and crew of the show and when Hunter & McCall's doofus fellow officer Los Angeles police Detective Bernie Terwilliger(James Whitmore, Jr.) departs the show with the exception of the "Overnight Sensation" episode, which was the Season Premiere to Hunter's Third Season, plus this was also the season when Los Angeles police Lt. Finn(John Shearin) started coming out more often helping Hunter & McCall out on their homicide investigations as well as the season that showed Lt. Finn the most.
I was also intrigued in the "Requim Of Sgt. McCall" episode when Hunter and McCall got reunited with their former Captain(Deputy Chief Wyler)who helps Hunter, McCall and Capt. Devane out on a homicide investigation that backtracks ... Read More
Rating: - So, where's Season Four? It's been over a year now since this one was released on DVD?
This is one of those great shows whose consecutive releases on to DVD may be halted because most fans of the show believed that the show was getting better and stronger later into the future seasons. With only a mild appeal for the first few seasons, it's very likely that Anchor Bay feels that the show isn't selling well enough with the first few seasons so they may have decided to give up continuing the releases on DVD.
That's a shame, because many of us "Hunter" fans felt the the best episodes were when we were getting use to Charles Callahan as Hunter and McCall's boss. The earlier shows showed that Rick Hunter wasn't treated with any respect from his boss or the police station in general. This was a bad start for the show. If Rick Hunter's superiors had no respect for him, how could we, the viewer, find respect for him? The first few seasons conveyed a bad image for Rick Hunter although I still appreciated the show. If it wasn't for the gorgeous Stepfanie Kramer as Dee Dee McCall, I would have given the first two seasons a miss. So, simply put, when Rick Hunter got more respect, the show became more respectable. And enjoyable.
I hope season four will come out soon. This is where the show just keeps getting better and better. We Hunter fans need to keep voicing our concern for this show or they may just scrub the whole project altogether.
Rating: - The best season yet!
Of the three seasons of Hunter released, so far this is the best. The action no longer takes place in the slums and alleys of los angeles as in the first two seasons of the show, but now the neighborhoods of the rich and famous are Hunter's playground. Good stories and beautifuls locales abound in Hunter: Season 3.
Rating: - Mindless, Shameless, Fun
Hunter was one of the last successful crime show television series that did not try to be an accurate (or more accurate than normal)police procedural.
Former LA Rams football player Fred Dryer plays Rick Hunter, a tough-as-nails LA homicide detective partnered with DeeDee McCall, an undercover specialist.
The two were as Mutt and Jeff as you can get, and the plots and acting could be downright silly, but it was a fun and entertaining graduate of the Aaron Spelling school of crime drama, and as such, it has its own intrinsic value which is one judged properly by the common TV viewer, not highbrow TV critics who would recommend program that Hunter fans wouldn't watch it they were paid to do so.
It's nice to have this series available on DVD.
Rating:  - Awesome Show
I have everyone of the DVD`s of Hunter so far and I can`t wait for the next one. It was absolutely one of my favorite TV shows and anyone who is a Fred Dryer and/or Stepfanie Kramer fan will love these DVD`s. Buy it, I promise you won`t be disappointed.
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