Sam Benedict (1962-1963) Stars Edmond O'Brien Richard Rust Joan Tompkins
Sam Benedict is the go to lawyer in the San Francisco area with a reputation for winning impossible cases. Trudy has his office running efficiently while Hank keeps things from getting too serious as Benedict's right hand man.
S01E07 Maddon's Folly (Oct.27.1962) Stars Edmond O'Brien Richard Rust Vera Miles Robert Lansing Joan Tompkins Woodrow Parfrey Paul Newlan Ken Renard Richard O'Brien Joel Fluellen Eric Norman Donald Kerr Roy Taguchi Bernard Kates
An important state political figure, businessman and longtime client of Benedict's dies and leaves his self-centered, neurotic daughter in control of the estate. Unfortunately, the man was secretly taking money that wasn't his, and his daughter may lose everything when it comes out. Meanwhile, Tabor has problems with a case of an architect versus the city over rejected building plans.
S01E09 Life Is a Lie, Love Is a Cheat (Nov.10.1962) Stars Edmond O'Brien Richard Rust Audrey Meadows Joe Mantell Ed Nelson Joan Tompkins Robert H. Harris Rusty Lane Paul Newlan Ollie O'Toole John Anderson Jeane Wood Roy Glenn Vincent Chase Joyce Meadows
An aging lady doctor has been taken advantage of financially by a young con man who makes romantic overtures part of his modus operandi. Knowing full well of just how phony he has been, she still hesitates to prosecute him, much to Benedict's consternation. Meanwhile, Tabor's client is an uncooperative writer of rubber cheques.
S01E10 The Bird of Warning (Nov.17.1962) Stars Edmond O'Brien Richard Rust Diana Hyland Maria Palmer George Tobias Joan Tompkins Robert H. Harris Noah Keen Adam Williams J. Edward McKinley Henry Beckman Ollie O'Toole Will J. White Gale Page
Hank takes the case of an old flame who is charged with drunken driving. Sam warns him about mixing the personal with the professional, but Hank thinks her case is not as clear-cut as it may seem. Meanwhile, Sam reluctantly represents two old friends who want to divorce each other after twenty years of marriage.
S01E19 Green Room, Grey Morning (Jan.1.1963) Stars Edmond O'Brien Richard Rust Ruth Roman Tige Andrews Joan Tompkins Sam Gilman Frank Albertson Ken Lynch Ralph Manza Anthony D. Call Bernadette Hale
A fellow attorney, formerly a prosecutor, calls requesting Sam's assistance, but he is seriously injured in a car accident before Sam can find out what he wanted. When they learn the man was working on trying for a last-minute stay of execution for one of his clients, Sam and Hank are determined to learn what his grounds were for an appeal, and they try to work with the attorney's loyal but distraught assistant to get to the answer. But she seems to be holding something back.
S01E22 Some Fires Die Slowly (Feb.16.1963) Stars Edmond O'Brien Richard Rust Barry Sullivan James MacArthur Betty Field George Mitchell Karl Swenson Gage Clarke Jesslyn Fax Ted Knight Norman Burton Joseph V. Perry Joyce Meadows
Sam defends a man who is accused of arson and insurance fraud.
Sam Benedict is the go to lawyer in the San Francisco area with a reputation for winning impossible cases. Trudy has his office running efficiently while Hank keeps things from getting too serious as Benedict's right hand man.
S01E07 Maddon's Folly (Oct.27.1962) Stars Edmond O'Brien Richard Rust Vera Miles Robert Lansing Joan Tompkins Woodrow Parfrey Paul Newlan Ken Renard Richard O'Brien Joel Fluellen Eric Norman Donald Kerr Roy Taguchi Bernard Kates
An important state political figure, businessman and longtime client of Benedict's dies and leaves his self-centered, neurotic daughter in control of the estate. Unfortunately, the man was secretly taking money that wasn't his, and his daughter may lose everything when it comes out. Meanwhile, Tabor has problems with a case of an architect versus the city over rejected building plans.
S01E09 Life Is a Lie, Love Is a Cheat (Nov.10.1962) Stars Edmond O'Brien Richard Rust Audrey Meadows Joe Mantell Ed Nelson Joan Tompkins Robert H. Harris Rusty Lane Paul Newlan Ollie O'Toole John Anderson Jeane Wood Roy Glenn Vincent Chase Joyce Meadows
An aging lady doctor has been taken advantage of financially by a young con man who makes romantic overtures part of his modus operandi. Knowing full well of just how phony he has been, she still hesitates to prosecute him, much to Benedict's consternation. Meanwhile, Tabor's client is an uncooperative writer of rubber cheques.
S01E10 The Bird of Warning (Nov.17.1962) Stars Edmond O'Brien Richard Rust Diana Hyland Maria Palmer George Tobias Joan Tompkins Robert H. Harris Noah Keen Adam Williams J. Edward McKinley Henry Beckman Ollie O'Toole Will J. White Gale Page
Hank takes the case of an old flame who is charged with drunken driving. Sam warns him about mixing the personal with the professional, but Hank thinks her case is not as clear-cut as it may seem. Meanwhile, Sam reluctantly represents two old friends who want to divorce each other after twenty years of marriage.
S01E19 Green Room, Grey Morning (Jan.1.1963) Stars Edmond O'Brien Richard Rust Ruth Roman Tige Andrews Joan Tompkins Sam Gilman Frank Albertson Ken Lynch Ralph Manza Anthony D. Call Bernadette Hale
A fellow attorney, formerly a prosecutor, calls requesting Sam's assistance, but he is seriously injured in a car accident before Sam can find out what he wanted. When they learn the man was working on trying for a last-minute stay of execution for one of his clients, Sam and Hank are determined to learn what his grounds were for an appeal, and they try to work with the attorney's loyal but distraught assistant to get to the answer. But she seems to be holding something back.
S01E22 Some Fires Die Slowly (Feb.16.1963) Stars Edmond O'Brien Richard Rust Barry Sullivan James MacArthur Betty Field George Mitchell Karl Swenson Gage Clarke Jesslyn Fax Ted Knight Norman Burton Joseph V. Perry Joyce Meadows
Sam defends a man who is accused of arson and insurance fraud.
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