Petrocelli
Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life to practice in a sleepy city in the American Southwest. He and wife Maggie live in a trailer in the country while waiting for their new house to be built, and travel around in a beat-up old pickup truck. For a quiet rural area, Petrocelli seems to have no trouble running into his share of murderers to defend.
Cast: Barry Newman, Albert Salmi, David Huddleston
22 episodes
1. The Golden CageA rich trophy wife gets accused of murder when she tries to leave her powerful controlling husband.CCSep 11, 1974
2. Music to Die ByA singer hires Petrocelli to defend him when his career is jeopardized by a homicide accusation.CCSep 18, 1974
3. By Reason of MadnessPetrocelli defends a wife accused of killing her husband. She knows she killed him but says she didn't know she was doing it. Petrocelli soon realizes she was mentally ill and has to prove her not guilty by reason of insanity.CCSep 25, 1974
4. Edge of EvilThe threatened revelation of damaging ecological information results in a murder that Petrocelli must solve.CCOct 2, 1974
5. A Life for a LifePetrocelli's defense of a young transient accused of arson and murder is complicated when the only witness who could help the accused refuses to testify.CCOct 9, 1974
6. Death in High PlacesPetrocelli defends a spoiled heiress accused of planting a grenade in her father's airplane to speed up her inheritance.CCOct 23, 1974
7. Double NegativePetrocelli unravels a murder mystery rooted in blackmail.CCOct 30, 1974
8. Mirror, Mirror, on the WallAlthough witnesses swear they saw her leave a murder victim's apartment minutes after shots were fired, Petrocelli's client insists she was at home at the time of the crime.CCNov 6, 1974
9. An Act of LovePetrocelli defends a man accused of killing a woman with whom he spent the night in her home, waking to find her dead.CCNov 13, 1974
10. A Very Lonely LadyPetrocelli defends a hitchhiker accused of murdering a woman who had given him a ride and an amorous invitation.CCNov 27, 1974
11. CounterplayPetrocelli's client, a cop, claims he didn't kill his wife's lover, even though he was found over the body with a service revolver.CCDec 4, 1974
12. A Covenant with EvilPetrocelli defends a man accused of murder after he is found cradling the body of a woman who was raped and killed.CCDec 18, 1974
13. The Sleep of ReasonAn argument over hypnosis theory leads to the murder of a professor and Petrocelli's client, a teaching assistant accused of the crime, can't recall the shooting.CCJan 15, 1974
14. A Fallen IdolPetrocelli's high school idol, a boxer now over the hill, is accused of beating his new manager to death.CCJan 22, 1974
15. Once Upon a VictimPetrocelli's client, a physician, is found with a scalpel in hand, standing over the body of the woman who founded his clinic.CCJan 29, 1974
16. The KidnappingPetrocelli defends a woman who kidnapped her son from her father-in-law.CCFeb 5, 1974
17. A Lonely VictimA romantic triangle comes to a violent end when Petrocelli's client, a divorcee, is found kneeling over the body of her married boss with a fireplace poker in her hand.CCFeb 19, 1974
18. The OutsidersPetrocelli defends a penniless young crop picker who was captured fleeing a drugstore where he inadvertently left his fingerprints on a pair of scissors used to stab the owner.CCFeb 26, 1974
19. Vengeance in WhitePetrocelli defends an evangelist's wife, who is accused of killing the mercenary manager who had been working her husband to the point of collapse.CCMar 5, 1974
20. Four the Hard WayThree old codgers hire Petrocelli to defend the fourth member of their pinochle club, a man charged with killing his son-in-law.CCMar 13, 1974
21. Death in Small DosesPetrocelli defends a pharmacist accused of deliberately poisoning a customer.CCMar 27, 1975
22. A Night of TerrorPetrocelli defends a woman who, after being knocked unconscious in a fight with her boyfriend, awakened to find him dead and the murder gun in her hand.CCApr 2, 1975
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Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life to practice in a sleepy city in the American Southwest. He and wife Maggie live in a trailer in the country while waiting for their new house to be built, and travel around in a beat-up old pickup truck. For a quiet rural area, Petrocelli seems to have no trouble running into his share of murderers to defend.
Creators and cast
- Created by
- Sidney J. Furie
- Studio
- Paramount Television, Miller-Milkis Productions
