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For those discriminating viewers who want to see top-flight TV drama from the heyday of the medium (1955-65) do yourself a favor and order this fantastic three-volume set, "Arrest and Trial." Nine 74 minute shows are included in this reasonably priced compilation. Ben Gazzara (Det. Sgt. Nick Anderson) and Roger Perry (Det. Sgt. Dan Kirby) bring the perceived lawbreakers to trial in the first 35-40 minutes; John Larch (Deputy Dist. Atty. Jerry Miller) and John Kerr (Asst. Deputy Dist. Atty. Barry Pine) then try the state's case, with the defendant most-often represented by Chuck Connors (John Egan). When the show aired in the fall of 1963, ABC sunk a tremendous amount of money into the development of the 90-minute series; to that end they did their best to sign on two or three "name" actors for every episode. These actors included Roddy McDowell, Mickey Rooney, Katherine Ross, Howard Duff, James Whitmore, Marlo Thomas, Leo Gordon, Tony Franciosa, Martin Sheen, Steve Forrest, Neville Brand, Robert Webber, Vera Miles, Clu Gulager, Telly Savalas, Dorthy Malone, MacDonald Carey, Julie Adams, Jack Klugman, David Carradine, Dennis Hopper, Richard Basehart, William Shatner, Richard Carlson, Nick Adams, Barry Sullivan, and Oscar-winners Robert Duvall, Kim Hunter, and Martin Balsam -- a darn good line-up of guest stars for a 30-episode run! Watch these shows along with episodes of "The Defenders" (E.G. Marshall and Robert Reed, if you can find any copies), "The Naked City" (Paul Burke, Horace MacMahon, Nancy Malone), and "East Side, West Side" (George C. Scott), and you'll see just how far we've fallen in the production and presentation of television drama since the mid-60's. The prints of the "Arrest and Trial" episodes in this set appear to be 16mm and contain the expected specks and occasional streaks you'll find in 40+ year-old film -- but really the video and audio quality is quite good. Special thanks to Timeless Media Group and Universal for allowing these outsanding shows to be seen again. Here's hoping more compilations of "Arrest and Trial" will be forthcoming.
Disc 1
(episode 30) Birds of a Feather/ Jack Weston, Jim Backus
(episode 21) Best There Is/ Steve Brodie, Marianna Hill, Ken Lynch
(episode 3) Tears From a Silver Dipper/ Madlyn Rhue, Harold J. Stone
Disc 2
(episode 4) Shield For Hiding Behind/ Barry Sullivan, James MacArthur
(episode 7) Whose Little Girl Are You?/ Joan Freeman, Leif Erickson
(episode 11) We May Be Better Strangers/ Martin Sheen, Michael Parks
Disc 3
(episode 15) Funny Man with a Monkey/ Mickey Rooney, Bert Freed
(episode 22) A Roll of the Dice/ Nick Adams, M. Constantine, Whit Bissell
(episode 23) Black Flower/ David Carradine, Pat Crowley, Andrew Duggan
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