Arrest and Trial

Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama[1][2] series that ran during the 1963-1964 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 pm Eastern.

This article is about the 1963 ABC TV program. For the 2000 syndicated TV program, see Arrest & Trial.
Arrest and Trial
Chuck Connors as John Egan and guest star Joseph Schildkraut as his client
GenreCrime/legal drama
Starring
Theme music composerBronisław Kaper
ComposerFranz Waxman
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes30
Production
Executive producerFrank P. Rosenberg
Producers
  • Arthur H. Nadel
  • Frank P. Rosenberg
  • Charles Russell
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time90 mins.
Production companyUniversal Television
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseSeptember 15, 1963 (1963-09-15) –
September 6, 1964 (1964-09-06)
Chuck Connors and guest star Broderick Crawford (1963)

Overview

The majority of episodes consists of two segments. Set in Los Angeles, the first part ("The Arrest") followed Detective Sergeants Nick Anderson (Ben Gazzara) and Dan Kirby (Roger Perry) of the Los Angeles Police Department 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 TV Guide 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. On April 24, 1964, it became the first American import to be broadcast on the UK's BBC2.

The same premise was adopted decades later by a more financially successful series, Law & Order, although the second half trial portion is focused on the prosecutorial side for that series, rather than the defense.

Cast

Episodes
No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Call It a Lifetime"John BrahmHerb MeadowSeptember 15, 1963 (1963-09-15)
A truck driver in pursuit of cargo thieves fatally drives off the road a motorcycle policeman he had previously threatened.
2"Isn't It a Lovely View"Jack SmightDon Brinkley (based on a story by David Friedkin and Morton Fine)September 22, 1963 (1963-09-22)
A man is stabbed on a bench outside an amusement park, unraveling a dark tale of industrial espionage and blackmail. A disabled woman who spends hours looking at the surroundings from a nearby building à la Rear Window claims she did not see anything... or did she?
3"Tears from a Silver Dipper"Arthur H. Nadel (also producer)Sy SalkowitzSeptember 29, 1963 (1963-09-29)
A soldier of Mexican ethnicity is accused of theft and murder against a backdrop of prejudice.
4"A Shield is for Hiding Behind"David Lowell Rich (also producer)John McGreeveyOctober 6, 1963 (1963-10-06)
Sgt. Anderson kills in self-defense a gang member suspected of murdering a policeman, but is put on trial for second-degree murder. Only the gang member's kid brother knows the truth, but he can't bring himself to tarnish the idealized image of his sibling in the eyes of his parents.
5"My Name is Martin Burnham"Ralph SenenskyLarry CohenOctober 13, 1963 (1963-10-13)
A construction worker is brought in for questioning about assaults on women in his neighborhood. Although a victim directly exonerates him, the experience leaves him shaken. Incapable of returning home to face his family, he attempts to commit suicide by jumping from the skyscraper under construction where he used to work; but it is the foreman - responsible for firing him - who struggled to stop him who falls down the building. He is put on trial for first-degree murder, where he is determined to secure the death penalty for himself.
6"A Flame in the Dark"Arthur H. NadelRichard FielderOctober 20, 1963 (1963-10-20)
7"Whose Little Girl Are You?"Jack SmightPaul Mason and Kenneth M. Rosen (based on a story by Rosen)October 27, 1963 (1963-10-27)
8"The Witnesses"Alex MarchMax EhrlichNovember 3, 1963 (1963-11-03)
9"Inquest Into a Bleeding Heart"David Lowell RichAntony EllisNovember 10, 1963 (1963-11-10)
10"The Quality of Justice"Sydney Pollack[3]Howard RodmanNovember 17, 1963 (1963-11-17)
11"We May Be Better Strangers"David Lowell RichHalsted WellesDecember 1, 1963 (1963-12-01)
12"Journey into Darkness"Jack SmightUnknownDecember 8, 1963 (1963-12-08)
13"Some Weeks Are All Mondays"Lewis AllenUnknownDecember 15, 1963 (1963-12-15)
14"Run, Little Man, Run"Richard IrvingHerb MeadowDecember 22, 1963 (1963-12-22)
15"Funny Man with a Monkey"Ralph SenenskyJerome RossJanuary 5, 1964 (1964-01-05)
16"Signals of an Ancient Flame"UnknownUnknownJanuary 12, 1964 (1964-01-12)
17"Onward and Upward"Herman HoffmanMark RodgersJanuary 19, 1964 (1964-01-19)
18"An Echo of Conscience"Lewis MilestoneUnknownJanuary 26, 1964 (1964-01-26)
19"Somewhat Lower Than the Angels"William ClaxtonRobert CreanFebruary 2, 1964 (1964-02-02)
20"People in Glass Houses"Alan Crosland, Jr.Antony EllisFebruary 9, 1964 (1964-02-09)
21"The Best There Is"UnknownUnknownFebruary 16, 1964 (1964-02-16)
22"A Roll of the Dice"David Lowell RichAbel KandelFebruary 23, 1964 (1964-02-23)
23"The Black Flower"Earl BellamyDon BrinkleyMarch 1, 1964 (1964-03-01)
24"A Circle of Strangers"Lewis AllenFranklin BartonMarch 8, 1964 (1964-03-08)
25"Modus Operandi"David Lowell RichJerome D. Ross and Don BrinkleyMarch 15, 1964 (1964-03-15)
26"Tigers Are for Jungles"Bernard GiraldGeorge KirgoMarch 22, 1964 (1964-03-22)
27"The Revenge of the Worm"Charles S. DubinBen MaddowMarch 29, 1964 (1964-03-29)
28"He Ran for His Life"Elliot SilvesteinUnknownApril 5, 1964 (1964-04-05)
29"Those Which Love Has Made"UnknownAlex MarchApril 12, 1964 (1964-04-12)
30"Birds of a Feather"Robert ButlerJohn McGreeveyApril 19, 1964 (1964-04-19)

Guest stars

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.[4]

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.[5]

See also
  • Dragnet (1951–59) – NBC drama series (produced by Jack Webb) that followed the Arrest and Trial format.
  • The D.A. (1971–72) – short-lived NBC drama series (produced by Jack Webb) that followed the Arrest and Trial format, and is also owned by NBC Universal.
  • Law & Order (1990–2010, 2022-) – NBC drama series (produced by Dick Wolf) that also followed the Arrest and Trial format, and is also owned by NBC Universal.
  • Arrest & Trial (2000) – syndicated docudrama series also produced by Wolf

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

Footnotes
  1. Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2010). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present (9 ed.). Random House Digital, Inc. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-307-48315-7.
  2. Berard, Jeanette M.; Englund, Klaudia (2009). Television Series and Specials Scripts, 1946-1992: A Catalog of the American Radio Archives Collection. McFarland. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-786-45437-2.
  3. Wrongly attributed to Lewis Milestone on the Internet Movie Database. See: Meyer, Janet L. (1998). Sydney Pollack: A Critical Filmography. McFarland. p. 209. ISBN 9780786404865.
  4. "Emmy Nominations 1964". www.emmys.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  5. "Arrest and Trial DVD news: Announcement for Arrest and Trial - the Complete Series | TVShowsOnDVD.com". Archived from the original on 2012-04-10. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
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