Hawkins: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A decade before TV saw another silver-haired, slow-drawling Southern shyster with a knack for sleuthing out the truth, M-G-M welcomed back two titanic talents, TV producer Norman Felton and screen legend Jimmy Stewart, for Hawkins. Stewart played Billy Jim Hawkins in rotation with the Shaft TV movies (Talk about Country Mouse and City Mouse!), solving crimes alongside his cousin RJ (Strother Martin) and a bevy of sensational costars. Bonnie Bedelia plays a troubled young woman accused of familicide, Cameron Mitchell plays a tinseltown spouse facing murder charges, Julie Harris plays an accused mercy killer, William Windom plays a parent with a vendetta, Lew Ayres and James Best play folk caught up in a deadly Civil War re-enactment, James Luisi plays a football pro caught up in foul play, Teresa Wright plays an ex-amour of Bill Jim's, and Paul Burke and Pernell Roberts play a senator and aide caught up in a slaying.

Series details

• Title: Hawkins
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
• Premiere date: 1973-03-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 1974-03-05
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 90 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 21691
• IMDb ID: tt0069589
• TVDB ID: 73072

Cast and credited roles

• James Stewart — Billy Jim Hawkins
• Strother Martin — R.J. Hawkins

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1973-03-13; final listed air date 1974-03-05; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Hawkins on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.