# What was this show?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-show/760801>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 24, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-show/760801 "2016-07-24T21:47:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-show/760801/1 "2016-07-24T21:47:36Z")

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A small group of people dole out extrajudicial punishment to evildoers. A gimmick is that one of them is a judge who, when the robe comes off, is a badass motorcycle rider. It, iirc, was pretty bad.

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-show/760801/2 "2016-07-24T21:51:08Z")

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Dark Justice.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-show/760801/3 "2016-07-24T21:52:06Z")

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There was _Hardcastle and McCormick_. Hardcastle was a judge who retired and decided to go after people he thought were guilty but had escaped on legal technicalities.

But Brian Keith played the judge and I don’t think he rode a motorcycle.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-show/760801/4 "2016-07-24T22:36:20Z")

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This sounds like a movie called The Star Chamber.

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-show/760801/5 "2016-07-24T22:47:33Z")

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> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#):
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> Dark Justice.

Thanks TOWP- I think that’s it.