Scripted series · ABC
Sledge Hammer!
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Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
David Rasche
Sledge Hammer
41 eps
Anne-Marie Martin
Dori Doreau
41 eps
Harrison Page
Captain Trunk
41 eps
Lewis Arquette
Jacob
1 eps
Tige Andrews
1 eps
Judie Aronson
Francine Flambo
1 eps
Richard Moll
Dr. Arthur Deco
1 eps
Aubrey Morris
1 eps
Alan Fudge
1 eps
Robin Leach
1 eps
Bud Cort
Zeff Campbell
1 eps
Ernie Sabella
Al Fresco
1 eps
Norman Alden
Roscoe
1 eps
Deborah Harmon
Angelica Delmonte
1 eps
Fritz Feld
Announcer
1 eps
Elizabeth Hart
Miss Sheila Newman
1 eps
Tracy Reed
Renee
1 eps
John Densmore
1 eps
Sal Viscuso
1 eps
Branscombe Richmond
Rico
1 eps
Peter Marshall
1 eps
Beverly Leech
1 eps
Clive Revill
Scotland Yard Inspector Westcott
1 eps
Patrick Wayne
Myles
1 eps
Jacklyn Zeman
Reporter Brianne O'Brian
1 eps
Lee Garlington
1 eps
David Clennon
Harold Bell
1 eps
Sarah Douglas
1 eps
Ronnie Schell
Phil Gumm
1 eps
Robert Tessier
Stoolie
1 eps
Jerry Houser
1 eps
Lee Arenberg
Buzzy
1 eps
Roderick Cook
Edmund Bryce
1 eps
Edy Williams
Dream Girl
1 eps
Gerrit Graham
1 eps
Martine Beswick
Lana
1 eps
Sid Haig
General Skull Fracture
1 eps
Sandy Kenyon
Hearing Chairman
1 eps
James Karen
Governor Fritz La Chatte
1 eps
Maria Richwine
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Sledge Hammer! actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Sledge Hammer! reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Spectacle.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character. Al Jean and Mike Reiss, best known for their work on The Simpsons, wrote for the show and worked as story editors.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E02
Gun Crazy
S00E01
Go Ahead, Make Me Laugh!
S02E16
Suppose They Gave a War and Sledge Came?
- Directed by Dick Martin
- Written by Chris Ruppenthal
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Alan SpencerProducer
Writing
- Gerald GardnerWriter
- Al JeanWriter
- Robert WuhlWriter
- David KetchumWriter
- Rod AshWriter
- Chris RuppenthalWriter
Direction
- Gary WalkowDirector
- Bob SweeneyDirector
- Martha CoolidgeDirector
- Seymour RobbieDirector
- Bruce BilsonDirector
- Thomas SchlammeDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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