Season 1 poster

Season 1

(1974)

Cast

Barry Newman as Anthony J. Petrocelli
Barry Newman

as Anthony J. Petrocelli

Albert Salmi as Pete Ritter
Albert Salmi

as Pete Ritter

David Huddleston as Lieutenant Ponce
David Huddleston

as Lieutenant Ponce

Susan Howard as Maggie Petrocelli
Susan Howard

as Maggie Petrocelli

Episodes

The Golden Cage poster

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September 11, 1974

A rich trophy wife gets accused of murder when she tries to leave her powerful controlling husband.

Music to Die By poster

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September 18, 1974

A singer hires Petrocelli to defend him when his career is jeopardized by a homicide accusation.

By Reason of Madness poster

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September 25, 1974

Petrocelli defends a wife accused of killing her husband. She knows she killed him but says she didn't know she was doi…

Edge of Evil poster

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October 2, 1974

The threatened revelation of damaging ecological information results in a murder that Petrocelli must solve.

A Life for a Life poster

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October 9, 1974

Petrocelli's defense of a young transient accused of arson and murder is complicated when the only witness who could he…

Death in High Places poster

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October 23, 1974

Petrocelli defends a spoiled heiress accused of planting a grenade in her father's airplane to speed up her inheritance.

Double Negative poster

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October 30, 1974

Petrocelli unravels a murder mystery rooted in blackmail.

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November 6, 1974

Although witnesses swear they saw her leave a murder victim's apartment minutes after shots were fired, Petrocelli's cl…

An Act of Love poster

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November 13, 1974

Petrocelli defends a man accused of killing a woman with whom he spent the night in her home, waking to find her dead.

A Very Lonely Lady poster

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November 27, 1974

Petrocelli defends a hitchhiker accused of murdering a woman who had given him a ride and an amorous invitation.

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December 4, 1974

Petrocelli's client, a cop, claims he didn't kill his wife's lover, even though he was found over the body with a servi…

A Covenant with Evil poster

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December 18, 1974

Petrocelli defends a man accused of murder after he is found cradling the body of a woman who was raped and killed.

The Sleep of Reason poster

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January 15, 1974

An argument over hypnosis theory leads to the murder of a professor and Petrocelli's client, a teaching assistant accus…

A Fallen Idol poster

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January 22, 1974

Petrocelli's high school idol, a boxer now over the hill, is accused of beating his new manager to death.

Once Upon a Victim poster

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January 29, 1974

Petrocelli's client, a physician, is found with a scalpel in hand, standing over the body of the woman who founded his …

The Kidnapping poster

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February 5, 1974

Petrocelli defends a woman who kidnapped her son from her father-in-law.

A Lonely Victim poster

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February 19, 1974

A romantic triangle comes to a violent end when Petrocelli's client, a divorcee, is found kneeling over the body of her…

The Outsiders poster

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February 26, 1974

Petrocelli defends a penniless young crop picker who was captured fleeing a drugstore where he inadvertently left his f…

Vengeance in White poster

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March 5, 1974

Petrocelli defends an evangelist's wife, who is accused of killing the mercenary manager who had been working her husba…

Four the Hard Way poster

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March 13, 1974

Three old codgers hire Petrocelli to defend the fourth member of their pinochle club, a man charged with killing his so…

Death in Small Doses poster

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March 27, 1975

Petrocelli defends a pharmacist accused of deliberately poisoning a customer.

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April 2, 1975

Petrocelli defends a woman who, after being knocked unconscious in a fight with her boyfriend, awakened to find him dea…