Arrest and Trial
| Arrest and Trial | |
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Chuck Connors as John Egan and guest star Joseph Schildkraut as his client
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| Genre | Crime/legal drama |
| Starring |
Ben Gazzara Roger Perry Chuck Connors John Larch |
| Theme music composer | Bronisław Kaper |
| Composer(s) | Franz Waxman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Frank P. Rosenberg |
| Producer(s) | Arthur H. Nadel Frank P. Rosenberg Charles Russell |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 90 mins. |
| Production company(s) |
Revue Studios Universal TV |
| Distributor |
MCA/Universal Pictures Studios USA Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 15, 1963 – September 6, 1964 |
Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 p.m. Eastern.
The majority of episodes consist 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 LAPD 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 September 6, 1964. On Friday, April 24, 1964, it became the first American import to be broadcast on the UK's BBC2.
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