Murder on the Rising Star

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“Murder on the Rising Star”
Battlestar Galactica (1978) episode
Episode no. Season 1
Episode 18
Guest stars Newell Alexander as Elias, Frank Ashmore as Ortega, Paul LeClair as 1st Guard, Jeff Mackay as CPI Komma, Ted Noose as Official, Frank Parker as Zed, Brock Peters as Solon, Patricia Stich as Zara, W.K. Stratton as Barton, Luman Ward as Palloni
Written by Don Bellisario, James Carlson, Terrence McDonnell, Michael Sloan
Directed by Rod Holcomb
Original airdate 18 February 1979
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Murder on the Rising Star is an episode of the original Battlestar Galactica television series.

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Following what is an intense game of Triad, Starbuck is framed for the murder of a rival colonial warrior named Ortega which he did not commit. His only possible chance for acquittal lies with Baltar.

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Dirk Benedict - Starbuck
Terry Carter - Colonel Tigh
John Colicos - Baltar
John Dullaghan - Dr. Wilker
Lorne Greene - Adama
Richard Hatch - Apollo
Herb Jefferson, Jr. - Boomer
Maren Jensen - Athena
Anne Lockhart - Sheba
Laurette Spang - Cassiopeia
Tony Swartz - Jolly

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