Arrest and Trial

Arrest and Trial

1963
Arrest and Trial
Arrest and Trial

Arrest and Trial

7.7 | TV-PG | en | Drama

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.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP30  Birds of a Feather (2)
Apr. 19,1964
Birds of a Feather (2)

A society girl helps to swindle a mob-connected Texas businessman on a shady land deal, but when Anderson arrests her she refuses to lead him to the sleazy gigolo who put her up to the con.

EP29  Those Whose Love Has Made (1)
Apr. 12,1964
Those Whose Love Has Made (1)

Two of law professor Marcus Cain’s students hire a man to murder their teacher, but Cain turns the tables and kills the killer — only he can’t confess and claim self-defense, because he was leaving his mistress’ apartment at the time.

EP28  He Ran For His Life
Apr. 05,1964
He Ran For His Life

Egan investigates the ex-wife of an unstable man arrested for kidnapping his own son and holding the police at bay with a gun.

EP27  The Revenge of the Worm
Mar. 29,1964
The Revenge of the Worm

Anderson advises a truck driver to be practical and pay the “protection” money that a racketeer is extorting from him, but the man’s pride compels him to respond with violence instead.

EP26  Tigers Are For Jungles
Mar. 22,1964
Tigers Are For Jungles

A hit man decides to retire when he falls in love, but the machinations of his ambitious young accomplice force him to pick up his gun again.

EP25  Modus Operandi
Mar. 15,1964
Modus Operandi

Lois Janeway insists that her parolee husband has gone straight, but Anderson has a hard time believing that another criminal has adopted Janeway’s highly unusual method of robbery — the use of a vicious trained dog to frighten witnesses during the holdup..

EP24  A Circle of Strangers
Mar. 08,1964
A Circle of Strangers

Alex and Helen want to marry despite their feuding Hungarian-born families’ objections, but when shy Alex accidentally kills a man their love becomes as star-crossed as Romeo and Juliet’s.

EP23  The Black Flower
Mar. 01,1964
The Black Flower

Back home on parole, Rick Tobin accuses his wife of being friendly with the man he feels is responsible for his conviction and temper start to flare.

EP22  A Roll of the Dice (2)
Feb. 23,1964
A Roll of the Dice (2)

An ambitious young hustler, falling victim to his gambling addiction, embezzles a large sum from his employer and goes on a spree in Las Vegas.

EP21  The Best There Is (1)
Feb. 16,1964
The Best There Is (1)

Egan is too busy to handle the defense of a young Mexican wrongly accused of murder, so he hands the case off to his aging mentor — but the latter’s senility may obstruct the defendant’s chance at a fair trial.

EP20  People In Glass Houses
Feb. 09,1964
People In Glass Houses

Two criminals blast their way out of a courthouse.

EP19  Somewhat Lower Than the Angels
Feb. 02,1964
Somewhat Lower Than the Angels

A priest’s faith in the innocence of the woman arrested for killing his sister convinces Egan to take the case.

EP18  An Echo of Conscience
Jan. 26,1964
An Echo of Conscience

Anderson has a hard time accepting that his old friend, a private detective who was thrown off the police force because of his alcoholism, has been driven to murder.

EP17  Onward and Upward
Jan. 19,1964
Onward and Upward

A sleazy corporate yes-man inherits the unpleasant task of corpse disposal after his boss murders his mistress.

EP16  Signals From An Ancient Flame
Nov. 24,1963
Signals From An Ancient Flame

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EP15  Funny Man With A Monkey
Jan. 05,1964
Funny Man With A Monkey

A night club comic is suspected of killing a doctor to get narcotics to fed his hunger and addiction.

EP14  Run, Little Man, Run
Dec. 22,1963
Run, Little Man, Run

Fred Stukey's wife is found dead at a church bazaar, and Anderson discovers that a known thief named Antsy Jackson was on the scene. Can the piece the puzzle together.

EP13  Some Weeks Are All Mondays
Dec. 15,1963
Some Weeks Are All Mondays

Anderson realizes that the daughter of a well-known playwright may have murdered her stepfather.

EP12  Journey Into Darkness
Dec. 08,1963
Journey Into Darkness

Journey Into Darkness is an episode of the TV program Arrest and Trial.

EP11  We May Be Better Strangers
Dec. 01,1963
We May Be Better Strangers

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EP10  The Quality of Justice
Nov. 17,1963
The Quality of Justice

Anderson is searching for a child-killer, unaware that the killer is mentally retarded and very unstable.

EP9  Inquest Into A Bleeding Heart
Nov. 10,1963
Inquest Into A Bleeding Heart

After a little girl is run down by a reckess motorcyclist, a discredited doctor performs emergency surgery — only to find himself on trial for practicing without a license after the girl dies.

EP8  The Witnesses
Nov. 03,1963
The Witnesses

A schoolteacher’s conscience bothers her when the wrong man is arrested for murder — but since she was with a married man when she witnessed the crime, she cannot come forward without ruining her reputation.

EP7  Whose Little Girl Are You?
Oct. 27,1963
Whose Little Girl Are You?

A master tool and die craftsman, unbalanced by the loss of his physical dexterity, kills the verbally abusive co-worker who is about to take over his job.

EP6  A Flame in the Dark
Oct. 20,1963
A Flame in the Dark

Anderson is puzzled by 14-year-old Bobby Randolph, who won't accept the fact that his mother was murdered by a sniper. He also wonders why the boy's business-tycoon father tries to do all the talking. What is the father trying to hide.

EP5  My Name is Martin Burnham
Oct. 13,1963
My Name is Martin Burnham

A suicidal engineer accidentally kills a co-worker while attempting a leap from a high-rise construction site, and he opts to offer no defense for the crime in the hope of being sent to the gas chamber.

EP4  A Shield Is For Hiding Behind
Oct. 06,1963
A Shield Is For Hiding Behind

Deke Palmer seems like the perfect 19-year-old college student, But Timmy, his 15-year-old brother, knows different. He knows that each time his brother drops him off at the movie theater, he must be able to tell Deke the plot in great detail, so that Deke will have an alibi for whatever he's really off doing while Timmy sits alone at the movies. Can Deke be brought to justice.

EP3  Tears From A Silver Dipper
Sep. 29,1963
Tears From A Silver Dipper

Caught stealing drugs from a military base, PFC George Valdez becomes the chief suspect in a murder — but race prejudice may be influencing the outcome of his court-martial.

EP2  Isn't It A Lovely View (2)
Sep. 22,1963
Isn't It A Lovely View (2)

A crippled woman’s reluctance to admit that she witnessed a murder from her apartment window leads Anderson to suspect her husband committed the crime to avoid a blackmail payment.

EP1  Call It A Lifetime (1)
Sep. 15,1963
Call It A Lifetime (1)

A truck skids into a motorcycle policeman and kills him. The driver who thinks he'll be blamed for the accident, steals a another car and flees.

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7.7 | TV-PG | en | Drama , Crime
Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Brian Dennehy

Director

Dick Wolf

Producted By

Revue Studios , Universal Television