The Assault

Summary

While Cliff, Jerri and Billy plan to throw Ben a surprise party for his birthday, Ben goes to the city to pick up barbecue. While there, his car breaks down, he's mugged, the phone eats his last quarter ... and by the time he is rescued by activist Stan Johnson and returned to his car, it's half-stripped and they've stolen his barbecue. Matlock is very impressed by the young man, and when he's accused of trying to kill the landlord of the apartment complex he lives in, Matlock steps in to defend him and to stand up to the landlord, who is a very respected man in the legal community.

Guest stars

• Christopher Birt as Stan Johnson
• Al Wiggins as Judge Clagett
• Tom Nowicki as Prosecutor
• Warren Frost as Billy Lewis
• Marc Macaulay as Det. Robert 'Bob' Garrison
• H. Richard Greene as George Mitchell
• James McEachin as Hollis Greeley
• William Thomas Crumby as Gordon Matheny
• Tyhm Kennedy as Young Man
• Shelley Reid as Sheriff