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Season 1 – The Trials of O'Brien

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A talented lawyer finds his personal life nearly as trying as his legal practice.
The Trials of O'Brien — Season 1

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Gene Wang

Creator

Peter Falk

Daniel O'Brien

Elaine Stritch

Miss G

Joanna Barnes

Katie

David Burns

The Great McGonigle

Barnard Hughes

Chief Judge

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 18, 1965 Over Defence Is Out O'Brien must defend a client who, after his release from prison, is charged with murder. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 25, 1965 Bargain Day on the Street of Regret O'Brien wins a boxer in a game of dice, but must defend the man when he's charged in a fatal stabbing. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 2, 1965 Notes on a Spanish Prisoner O'Brien is called in to defend a trickster accused of running a swindle to raise money for the release of a foreign prisoner. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 9, 1965 Never Bet on Anything That Talks An English bookie is charged in the death of an accountant, and the one person who can clear his name cannot be found. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 16, 1965 What Can Go Wrong O'Brien tries to trap a killer using his ex-wife's new boyfriend. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 23, 1965 Goodbye and Keep Cool A woman accused of killing her husband hires O'Brien to defend her. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 30, 1965 A Gaggle of Girls A Mother Superior asks O'Brien for help in a disagreement with a business owner whose property borders the youth center. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 6, 1965 The Trouble With Archie O'Brien probes the death of a partner at the Seventh Avenue Dress House where his ex-wife works. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 13, 1965 How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? O'Brien defends a so-called heist artist accused of murdering a dealer of rare violins. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 20, 1965 Charlie's Got All the Luck O'Brien is called on to defend a person involved in a fatal shooting following a fixed horse race. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 27, 1965 Picture Me a Murder A movie producer is charged with resisting arrest while producing an underground film. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 3, 1965 Dead End on Flugel Street A burlesque comedian is involved in murder when his straight man is killed after making advances on the comic's wife. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 10, 1965 No Justice for the Judge An eccentric judge hires O'Brien to prove the judge's mental state is fine and should not be removed from the bench. Details Episode 14 Aired Dec 17, 1965 Leave It to Me O'Brien tries to intervene before three greedy heirs kill each other in a house that's been booby-trapped from top to bottom. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 7, 1966 Alarums and Excursions O'Brien steps in when a foster father of seven, more interested in the checks than the children, hires him to keep the children after a court appearance. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 14, 1966 The 10-Foot, 6-Inch Pole O'Brien accuses a district attorney of failing to prosecute a broker in the death of an accountant. Details Episode 17 Aired Jan 21, 1966 A Horse Called Destiny O'Brien represents a spiritualist who is accused in the death of a wealthy client whose demise he had predicted. Details Episode 18 Aired Jan 28, 1966 The Blue Steel Suite A talented lawyer finds his personal life nearly as trying as his legal practice. Details Episode 19 Aired Feb 4, 1966 The Partridge Papers A writer working for British Intelligence fears he was the intended target when O'Brien breaks a leg in an accident. Details Episode 20 Aired Mar 4, 1966 The Greatest Game When a girl steals a jewel-encrusted egg from a national shrine, O'Brien works to secure its return. Details Episode 21 Aired Mar 11, 1966 The Greatest Game Death threats complicate O'Brien's quest to return the Viktor Emblem to its rightful owner. Details Episode 22 Aired Mar 18, 1966 The Only Game in Town As an interim judge, O'Brien handles the case of a seaman accused of killing a co-worker with a longshoreman's hook. Details

Season Info

Director
Abner Biberman, Stuart Rosenberg, Bernard L. Kowalski, Robert Gist, Paul Bogart, Larry Dobkin, Lamont Johnson, Tom Gries, James Sheldon
Creator
Gene Wang
Screenwriter
Gene Wang, George Bellak, Robert Van Scoyk, Robert J. Crean, David Ellis, Richard Alan Simmons, Philip H. Reisman Jr., Don Mankiewicz, Irving Gaynor Neiman, Heywood Peters
Network
CBS
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 18, 1965