Chuck Connors Broderick Crawford Arrest and Trial 1963

''Arrest and Trial'' is a 90-minute American

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series that ran during the 1963–1964 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 pm Eastern.

Overview

The majority of episodes consists of two segments. Set in

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, the first part ("The Arrest") followed Detective Sergeants Nick Anderson ( Ben Gazzara) and Dan Kirby ( Roger Perry) of the

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as they tracked down and captured a criminal. The apprehended suspect was then defended in the second part ("The Trial") by criminal attorney John Egan ( Chuck Connors), who was often up against Deputy District Attorney Jerry Miller ( John Larch) and his assistant, Barry Pine ( John Kerr, who later became an actual lawyer). Gazzara agreed to play the role of Anderson only after extracting a promise from the producer that scripts would avoid stereotypical depictions of police officers. In a 1963 ''

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'' interview, Gazzara described his portrayal of Anderson: "I'm supposed to be a thinking man's cop. I'm a serious student of human behavior, more concerned with what creates the criminal than how to punish him. In other words, I'm not the kind of cop who asks, 'Where were you the night of April 13th?' It's my job to show that there is room for passion and intellectualism and personal display even within a policeman." ''Arrest and Trial'' debuted on September 15, 1963. Its last telecast was on April 19, 1964, with reruns continuing until September 6, 1964. On April 24, 1964, it became the first American

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to be broadcast on the UK's

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. The same premise was adopted decades later by a more financially successful series, ''

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'', although the second half trial portion is focused on the prosecutorial side for that series, rather than the defense.

Cast

* Ben Gazzara as Detective Sgt. Nick Anderson * Chuck Connors as Attorney John Egan * Roger Perry as Detective Sgt. Dan Kirby * John Kerr as Barry Pine * John Larch as Deputy D.A. Jerry Miller * Joe Higgins as Jake Shakespeare

Episodes

Guest stars

* Nick Adams * Martin Balsam * Richard Basehart * Richard Conte * Broderick Crawford *

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* Bill Erwin *

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* Anne Francis * Billy Gray * Joey Heatherton * Charlene Holt * Dennis Hopper *

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* Jack Klugman * Robert Knapp * Dayton Lummis * James MacArthur *

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* Barbara Nichols * Michael Parks * Madlyn Rhue * Chris Robinson *

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* Telly Savalas * Joseph Schildkraut * George Segal *

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* Everett Sloane * Harold J. Stone *

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* Barry Sullivan * Beverly Washburn * Robert Webber * James Whitmore

Awards

''Arrest and Trial'' earned four Emmy nominations in 1964. Two were for Martine Bartlett and Anjanette Comer for Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress, one was for Roddy McDowall for Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor, and the other was for Danny Landres, Milton Shifman and Richard Wray for Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Television.

Home media

On November 22, 2011, Timeless Media Group released ''Arrest and Trial- The Complete Series'' on DVD in Region 1. The 10-disc set features all 30 episodes of the series.

References

* Durslag, Melvin. (1963, October 12–18). ''The Egghead Flatfoot''. TV Guide, pp. 8–11.

Footnotes

External links

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