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"The Bold Ones: The Lawyers" (1969-72)
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Universal Television Production.
Universal City Studios, Inc., an MCA Company
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NBC (Sundays 10:00 PM ET)(seasons 1-3)(1969-72)
 Legal dramas - 27episodes x 60 min
Executive Producer Roy Huggins / Produced by Jo Swerling Jr.
1969-72 (21Sep69-13Feb72; Reruns end 10Sep72)
starring
Burl Ives as Walter Nichols, Senior Partner
Joseph Campanella as Brian Darrell
James Farentino as Neil Darrell

  [--] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers: THE SOUND OF ANGER (1st 2hr pilot)
10Dec68 NBC
Universal TV
Produced by Roy Huggins
Teleplay by Dick Nelson / Story by Roy Huggins
Directed by Michael Richie
Director of Photography, Gene Polito
Original Music by Pete Rugolo
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Cast (in credits order)
Burl Ives ............... Walter Nichols
Guy Stockwell ........... Brad Darrell
James Farentino ......... Neil Darrell
Dorothy Provine ......... Marge Carruthers
Charles Aidman .......... Gerald Thompson
Jay C. Flippen .......... Judge Prentiss
Lynda Day George ........ Barbara Keeley
David Macklin ........... Barry Kochek
Dana Elcar .............. Andrew Pearce
Collin Wilcox Paxton .... Ann Kochek
John Milford ............ Sheriff Turner
Shannon Farnon .......... Dorothy Daley
Nina Roman .............. Jody Schaeffer
George Murdock .......... Grebe
Gene Dynarski ........... Lieutenant Morrisey
Arch Whiting ............ Second Sheriff
Synopsis:
The Lawyers defend two teenage lovers accused of murdering the girl's father.

[--] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers: THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING (2nd 2hr pilot)
11Mar69 NBC
Universal TV
Executive Producer Roy Huggins
Produced by Jo Swerling Jr.
Associate Producers Carl Pingitore, Steven Halpern
written by Richard Levinson and William Link  
Directed by Richard A. Colla  
Cast (in credits order)
Burl Ives ................ Walter Nichols
Joseph Campanella ........ Brian Darrell
James Farentino .......... Neil Darrell
Hal Holbrook ............. Chancellor Graham
Steve Ihnat .............. Officer Platt
Stephen McNally .......... Governor
Richard Ely .............. Gil Bennett
Dennis Olivieri .......... Ed Shepp
Roy Poole ................ Jim Church
Dana Elcar ............... Huston
Carrie Snodgress ......... Megan Baker
Eileen Wesson ............ Debbie
Kermit Murdock ........... Second Judge
Juanita Moore ............ Mrs. Harberson
Charles Brewer ........... Student Witness
John S. Ragin ............ Arresting Officer
Bennes Mardenn ........... Doctor Sloan
Stuart Nisbet ............ Jail Guard

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NBC Sundays 10:00 PM Eastern
 
 1.02 [--] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #1: A GAME OF CHANCE
21Sep69 NBC Sun (rerun 29Mar70)
Guest cast:
Steve Ihnat ............ Anderson
John Milford ........... Sgt. Joe Benedict
Sandra Smith ........... Anne Carlin
Synopsis:
Neil Darrell goes beyond the courtroom to expose a rogue cop, who gets a
kick out of circumventing what he calls "Constitutional technicalities". [RF]

  1.05 [--] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #2: THE PEOPLE AGAINST ORTEGA
12Oct69
John Randolph
Robert Webber
Frank Ramirez

  1.08 [--] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #3: THE CROWD PLEASER
02Dec69 NBC Sun (rerun 17May70)
Guest cast:
Mel Torme .............. Harry Carter
Georg Stanford Brown ... Richie
Juanita Hall ........... Emma
Dana Elcar ............. DA Shannon
Synopsis:
A grim irony plagues Walter Nichols and the Darrells, who win an acquittal
for murder suspect Harry Carter, then hear the man's confession of guilt.
Because of privileged communication, the lawyers have only one out: defend
the young black man facing trial for Carter's crime. [RF]

 1.10 [--] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #4: THE ROCKFORD RIDDLE
16Nov69 NBC Sun (rerun 31May70)
Guest cast:
Charles Aidman ......... Henry Rockford
Claudine Longet ........ Suzanne
Leslie Perkins ......... Carol
George Murdock ......... DA Braddock
Charles Brewer ......... Dekker
Vince Howard ........... Barth
Bart Burns ............. Judge
Jerry Crews ............ Reporter
Charles Lampkin ........ Barber
Synopsis:
Walter Nichols agrees to defend the once prosperous Henry Rockford, who's
accused of murder. Nichols requests an unusual payment. He wants the truth
about a case he handled years before - the murder of Rockford's mistress.
Flashbacks recall the earlier case, a maze of conflicting statements. [RF]

 1.12 [--] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #5: SHRIEK OF SILENCE
30Nov69
Craig Stevens (Peter Gunn)
George Murdock
Morgan Sterne
Richard Van Fleet

  1.16 [--] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #6: TRIAL OF MAFIOSO
04Jan70 NBC Sun
Richard Conte
Joe De Santis
Linda Marsh
Frank Campenella

 1.19 [--] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #7: POINT OF HONOR
25Jan70 NBC Sun (rerun 02Aug70)
Starring:
Joseph Campanella (as Brian Darrell)
Guest cast: 
Veronica Cartwright .... Mary
Roger Davis ............ Randy Burroughs
Paul Stevens ........... DA Phillips
Maria Grimm ............ Sherma
Andy Romano ............ Sergeant Vriggs
Grace Lee Whitney ...... Blonde
Austin Willis .......... Hanley
Herbert Nelson ......... Judge
Charles Wagenheim ...... Hotel Clerk
Synopsis:
Privileged communication between lawyer and client becomes an important
issue when Brian Darrell involves himself in the complex case of young
Randy Burroughs, a fugitive wanted for murder. [RF]

 1.22 [--] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #8: THE SHATTERED IMAGE
15Feb70 NBC Sun
Will Geer (The Waltons)
Audrey Totter
Ford Rainey
Karen Huston
 
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2.03 [27] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #9: THE VERDICT
17Sep70 NBC Sun
Stephen McNally
Will Geer
Florence St. Peter
Mary Gregory
John Kerr (South Pacific, now a criminal attorney in Los Angeles)

 2.06 [30] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #10: PANTHER IN A CAGE
18Oct70 NBC Sun
Georg Stanford Brown
Charles Lampkin,
Gloria Calomee
John McLiam
Val Avery
Gerald Hiken
Frank Campanella

 2.09 [33] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #11: THE TRIAL OF A PFC.
8Nov70 NBC Sun
Peter Deuel (Alias Smith & Jones)
Jane Elliot
Jared Martin
Walter Brooke

 2.13 [37] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #12: THE PEOPLE AGAINST DR. CHAPMAN
6Dec70 NBC Sun
Monte Markham (The New Perry Mason)
Ramon Bieri (Bret Maverick)

 2.15 [39] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #13: THE LONELINESS RACKET
20Dec70 NBC Sun (rerun 18Jul71)
Guest cast:
Phyllis Love ........... Hazel Thomas
Marj Dusay ............. Florence Mallory
Patricia Donahue ....... Mrs. Wilson
Diane Shalet ........... Shirley Pryor
Alan Oppenheimer ....... George Hartnell
Clarke Gordon .......... Vernon Kerenz
Laurence Haddon ........ Harry Beeley
Todd Martin ............ District Attorney Skinner
Amzie Strickland ....... Mrs. Pryor
Ann Doran .............. Mrs. Grimbi
Synopsis:
A computer-dating service matched Hazel Thomas with William Wells, but
things didn't work out: Hazel is now charged with murdering him. [RF]

 2.17 [41] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #14: THE SEARCH FOR LESLIE GRAY
10Jan71 NBC Sun (rerun 01Aug71)
Guest cast:
Charles Aidman ......... Leslie Grey
Rodolfo Acosta ......... Pablo Delgado
Leo Gordon ............. Adolph Zinner
Betsy Jones-Moreland ... Hazel
John Kellogg ........... Lieutenant Miller
Micil Murphy ........... Arturo Rosales
Inez Pedroza ........... Valerie
Marcelle Fortier ....... Secretary
Synopsis:
Tycoon Leslie Grey, fearing a corporate probe into his past, hires Neil
to run a parallel check. Result: Neil is swept into a mystery, and the
more he learns the worse Grey looks. [RF]

2.20 [44] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #15: THE HYLAND CONFESSION
31Jan71 NBC Sun (rerun 20Jun71)
Guest cast:
Tisha Sterling ......... Joyce Hyland
Clifford David ......... Rabindranath
Severn Darden .......... Dr. Grundig
Jonathan Lippe ......... Merrell Hyland
Barbara Clarke Chisolm.. Helen
Synopsis:
Walt takes on a seemingly impossible case. His client signed a full confession
after she was found beside her husband's body with the murder weapon in her hand. [RF]

 2.23 [47] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #16: THE PRICE OF JUSTICE
21Feb71  NBC Sun
Cal Bellini
Leo Delano
Julie Gregg

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3.02 [50] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #17: THE INVASION OF KEVIN IRELAND
26Sep71 NBC Sun
Darren McGavin (Kolchak: The Night Stalker)
Todd Martin
Kathie Browne (Mrs. McGavin)
Dana Elcar
Clarke Gordon
John Ragin (Quincy)
Martin Ashe

 3.04 [52] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #18: THE STRANGE SECRET OF YERMO HILL
17Oct71 NBC Sun
written by William D. Gordon
guest stars
Randolph Mantooth (Emergency)
Mills Watson
John Milford
David Spielberg (former California governor)
Edmund G. Brown as a Judge

 3.06 [54] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #19: HALL OF JUSTICE
31Oct71 NBC Sun
Richard Van Fleet
Ramon Bieri

 3.08 [56] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #20: IN DEFENSE OF ELLEN McKAY
14Nov71 NBC Sun
Susan Clark (wife of Alex Karras),
David Spielberg
Lindsay Wagner .... Stella Bowers

 3.10 [58] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #21: BY REASON OF INSANITY
28Nov71 NBC Sun (rerun 12Mar72)
Guest cast:
Tim Matheson ........... Miles Parker
Charles Aidman ......... Howard Miller
Nina Shipman ........... Louise Miller
Todd Martin ............ Skinner
Ann Summers ............ Judge Mattson
Walter Brooke .......... Dr. Howe
John Milford
Charles Davis
Synopsis:
A youth is bent on revenge, his target: a man he claims once kidnaped him. [RF]

 3.12 [60] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #22: JUSTICE IS A SOMETIME THING
12Dec71 NBC Sun
written by William D. Gordon
guest stars
A. Martinez
Richard Jordan
Edith Diaz

3.14 [62] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #23: THE LETTER OF THE LAW
26Dec71 NBC Sun
James Olson
Will Geer
Gale Sondergaard
Milton Selzer
Carol Wayne
Michael Conrad (Hill Street Blues, Delvecchio)
Carla Borelli
Michael Griswold
Joseph DeAngelo

 3.16 [64] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #24: THE MORNING AFTER part 1
9Jan72 NBC Sun
Pat Hingle
Anne Helm
Pamela McMyler
John Milford
Roger Davis (Alias Smith & Jones)
Robert Corff

3.17 [65] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #25: THE MORNING AFTER part 2
16Jan72 NBC Sun
(cast as above)

 3.19 [67] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #26: IN SUDDEN DARKNESS
30Jan72 NBC Sun
Guest cast:
Carol Lawrence ......... Norma Hazelwood (former wife of Robert Goulet)
Sian Barbara Allen ..... Lauren Hazelwood
David Spielberg ........ DA Wahlbburg
Tim O'Connor ........... Dr. Newcomb
Frank Aletter .......... William Harper
John Milford ........... Lt. Hewitt
Barry Higgins .......... David Sherman
Arthur Adams ........... Judge Miller
Daniel F. Martin ....... Court Clerk
Synopsis:
Lauren Hazelwood can't - or won't - reveal why she killed her father. One
thing is clear: unless her attorneys find the motive, Lauren will go to the gas chamber. [RF]
 
3.21 [69] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers #27: LISA, I HARDLY KNEW YOU
(final episode of "The Lawyers" segment of "The Bold Ones")
13Feb72 NBC Sun
Tiffany Bolling .... Lisa Lambert
Ellen Burstyn .... Rachel Lambert
Michael Bell
Douglas Watson
John Milford
Peter Hobbs
Ivor Francis (father of Genie Francis)
Moss Mabry

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