Season 1 poster

Season 1

(1965)

Cast

Peter Falk as Daniel O'Brien
Peter Falk

as Daniel O'Brien

Elaine Stritch as Miss G
Elaine Stritch

as Miss G

Joanna Barnes as Katie O'Brien
Joanna Barnes

as Katie O'Brien

David Burns as The Great McGonigle
David Burns

as The Great McGonigle

Episodes

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September 18, 1965

O'Brien represents a client who was charged with murder after being released from prison. Guest star: Vincent Gardenia

Bargain Day on the Street of Regret poster

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September 25, 1965

O'Brien wins the contract of boxer Joe Rooney (Robert Blake) in a dice game, but the pugnacious Rooney is in jail for s…

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October 2, 1965

Eva Grimaldi (Mary Tahmin) cons the con: she borrows $2500 from her boyfriend Ollie Maxwell (Buddy Hackett) to ransom …

Never Bet on Anything That Talks poster

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October 9, 1965

O'Brien's English bookie is charged in the death of an accountant, but the person who can clear him is nowhere to be fo…

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October 16, 1965

After discovering that a man is dating his ex-wife (Joanna Barnes), O'Brien delightedly sets him up as a "pigeon" in or…

Goodbye and Keep Cool poster

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October 23, 1965

A woman (Cloris Leachman) is accused of murdering her husband, and retains O'Brien to defend her. Guest star: Robert Lo…

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October 30, 1965

O'Brien is retained by a Mother Superior in order to persuade the owner of an adjoining cafe to permit St. Anthony's Yo…

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November 6, 1965

O'Brien investigates the death of a partner in the Seventh Avenue Dress House where his ex-wife works. Guest stars: Lou…

How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? poster

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November 13, 1965

A "heist artist" who is accused of fatally stabbing a dealer of rare violins is defended by O'Brien. Guest stars: Norma…

Charlie Has All the Luck poster

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November 20, 1965

While being bugged by his ex-wife to sign the lease on her luxurious apartment, O'Brien must defend a client involved i…

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November 27, 1965

O'Brien represents a movie producer (Alan Alda) who was charged with resisting arrest while filming an "underground" mo…

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December 3, 1965

A burlesque comedian (Milton Berle) is involved in murder when his straight man is killed after making advances on the …

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December 10, 1965

An eccentric judge (Burgess Meredith) engages O'Brien to represent him on charges of mental disability that could remov…

Leave It to Me poster

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December 17, 1965

O'Brien tries to have a will declared invalid before three greedy heirs (Angela Lansbury, George Rose and Thayer David)…

Alarums and Excursions poster

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January 7, 1966

A foster father (John McGiver), who is content to keep collecting welfare checks, hires O'Brien to keep seven children …

The 10-Foot, 6-Inch Pole poster

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January 14, 1966

Accountant Jerry Quinlan was an apparent suicide, until it is discovered that he had questions and suspicions about his…

A Horse Called Destiny poster

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January 21, 1966

O'Brien represents a spiritualist in the murder of a wealthy client whose death he has predicted.

The Blue Steel Suite poster

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January 28, 1966

Protesting their living conditions, the prisoners of the state prison's isolation cell block have taken 3 hostages whom…

The Partridge Papers poster

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February 4, 1966

James Partridge, who once worked for British Intelligence, believes he was the target of a hit and run driver who was r…

The Greatest Game (1) poster

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March 4, 1966

""WANTED - Macedonian Art Objects, 17th Century, Contact:Daniel J O'Brien"" With this ad in a Manhatten peoper, O'Bri…

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March 11, 1966

O'Brien's negotiations for the Viktor Emblem get more complicated when the person holding it has his life threatened.

The Only Game in Town poster

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March 18, 1966

Taking the bench as an interim judge on the New York Supreme Court, O'Brien deals with the case of a seaman (Alejandro …