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Mr. District Attorney
Episode Guide - November  2005
("Fire Insurance" "Hit & Run" "Numbers" "Man on the Edge")
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Tom Alger, Sal Crisanti,  C.S. Harvey
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
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MISTER DISTRICT ATTORNEY
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Ziv Television Programs, Inc.
for
First- Run Syndication
Supervisors Of Production: Jack Herzberg And Herbert L. Stock [SC]
Created by Ed Byron


US Legal Drama series 1954, 1955 78 episodes x 30 min
Starring:
David Brian
as  District Attorney Paul Garrett
With:
Jackie Loughery as Miss Miller, the D.A.'s secretary

Premise:
Case dramatizations based on the files of the District Attorney's office.

Note:
The Original TV Series of "Mr. District Attorney" was networked on
ABC (1Oct1951-23Jun1952) and starred Jay Jostyn. (possibly 'live')
It is the 1954 ZIV series which is the subject of this episode guide.

Opening Narration:
" and it shall be my duty as District Attorney not only to prosecute to the
limit of the law, those persons accused of crimes perpetrated within this
county, but to defend with equal vigor, the rights and priveleges of all
it's citizens" [as I remember it - CSH]

Other Production Credits:
Directors Included:
Leon Benson, Eddie Davis, Lambert Hillyer, Herbert L. Strock [SC]
*
Assistant Directors Included:
Ed Stein And Joe Wonder
*
Script Supervisors: Larry Lund And Helen McCaffrey [SC]
Writers Included:
Stuart Jerome, Ellis Marcus, Donn Mullally, Gene Roddenbery, Robert G. Taylor,
Rik Vollaerts [SC]
*
Film Coordinator: Don Tait [SC]
Directors Of Photography Included: Curt Fetters And Robert Hoffman [SC]

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   Syndicated Program
ZIV Episodes 1-39 copyright date 25Mar54
ZIV Episodes 40-78 copyright date 29Mar55

[--] Mr. District Attorney: FIRE INSURANCE (verified -SC)
Directed By Herbert L. Strock
Screenplay By Richard G. Taylor
Starring: David Brian (as D.A. Paul Garrett)
Guest Cast:
George Brand............as Dave Collins
Donn Morton............as Frank Reed
Richard Beach............as Alfred Hartman
Wesley Hudman............as Tom Crawford
Michale Hale............as Maurice Leonard
Synopsis:
Paul Garrett investigates a rash of warehouse fires pleging his city.
His only clue is a fire estinguisher. [SC]

[--] Mr. District Attorney: HIT AND RUN (verified -SC)
Directed By Leon Benson
Screenplay By Stuart Jerome
Starring: David Brian (as D.A. Paul Garrett)
Guest Cast:
Joe Besser............as Joe Cogan
Russ Conway............as Det.Sgt.Matt Calder
Stanley Farrar............as Thompson
Michale McHale............as Stevens
Patsy Moran............as Mrs.Cogan
John Merrick............as The 1st Policeman
Robert Bruce............as Greer
Paul Marion............as The 2nd Policeman (uncredited)
Synopsis:
Two Men witness a hit and run accident killing the victim. One of the
men is a congenital liar. D.A. Paul Garrtett must determine which account
of the accident is the correct version. [SC]

[--] Mr. District Attorney: NUMBERS (verified -SC)
Directed By Leon Benson
Screenplay By Ellis Marcus
Starring: David Brian (as D.A. Paul Garrett)
Guest Cast:
Judith Brian............as Billy Conrad
Stuart Nedd............as Lt.Frank Sampson
Howard Wright............as Woodley Marbel
Ann Spencer............as Ann Conrad
Michael Colgan............as Carter Buckley
Gene Reynolds............Dickson
Ralph Montgomery............as Mark Thomas
Cyril Delevanti............as The Bet Man
Synopsis:
An older woman's temptation to gambling uncovers a numbers racket. Paul Garrett
investigates, and is approached with a bribe. [SC]

[--] Mr. District Attorney: (episode title unknown)
D.A. Paul Garrett investigates a big gambling racket seriously
affecting production of a large motor works and threatening
to spread beyond the plant.
(28Feb58 ITV A-R London UK, Fri 7:00 pm)

[--] Mr. District Attorney: MAN ON THE EDGE (verified -SC)
Directed By Lambert Hillyer
Screenplay By Ellis Marcus
Starring: David Brian (as D.A. Paul Garrett)
Guest Cast:
I.Stanford Jolley............as Benjamin Judson
Jeanne Cooper............as Beverly Franklin
Steven Clark............as Wesley Judson
Joel Ashley............as Dr.Miller
Morgan Sock............as Det.Williams
Dennis Moore............as Norrid
Riley Waters............as The Policeman
Synopsis:
D.A. Paul Garrett becomes involved with a businessman who believes he shot
and killed his step son after suffering a nervous breakdown. The man's only
course is to commit suicide. [SC]

[--] Mr. District Attorney: (episode title unknown)
Synopsis:
A fatally wounded criminal tells the district attorney that a nightclub
owner will be murdered.
(19Mar61 WTTG-5, Washington, D.C., Sun 5:30pm)

[--] Mr. District Attorney: (episode title unknown)
Synopsis:
The D.A. matches wits with an unscrupulous criminal lawyer.
(20Mar61 WTTG-5, Washington, D.C., Mon 12:30pm)

[--] Mr. District Attorney: (episode title unknown)
Synopsis:
A wife killer repudiates his confession and is acquitted.
(21Mar61 WTTG-5, Washington, D.C., Tue 12:30pm)

[--] Mr. District Attorney: (episode title unknown)
Synopsis:
The D.A. investigates a wave of vandalism and petty crime.
(22Mar61 WTTG-5, Washington, D.C., Wed 12:30pm)

[--] Mr. District Attorney: (episode title unknown)
Synopsis:
A small boy is trapped in the debris of a construction site.
(23Mar61 WTTG-5, Washington, D.C., Thur 12:30pm)

[--] Mr. District Attorney: (episode title unknown)
Synopsis:
The D.A. leads a crusade for a test strip for teenage hot-rod drivers.
(24Mar61 b WTTG-5,Washington, D.C., Fri 12:30pm)

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