Season 1
31 episodes
30 min. per episode
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A brilliant lawyer confronts moral dilemmas, exposing hidden truths that challenge justice and reshape lives forever.
Episodes
The pilot film for the series of the same title. The pilot episode dramatizes the case of a U.S. Attorney who is asked to prosecute a seaman who is accused of ejecting six refugees from a lifeboat, which he felt was necessary in an attempt to prevent all on the lifeboat from drowning due to overcrowding.
At the turn of the century in Glasgow, Scotland, an eminent physician is charged with poisoning his wife.
Libby and Carl Wilson want to adopt their niece who has been living with them since her parents were killed in an auto accident. But before the youngster came to live with them Libby was arrested for shoplifting, which ordinarily would make her ineligible to adopt a child. It's up to the court to decide whether the couple's devotion to the child is enough to outweigh Libby's criminal record.
A singer in a Nevada night club accepts a job offered her by an opera impresario. The owner of the night club thereupon sues her for breach of contract, and the court must decide whether or not her services are special, unique and irreplaceable.
The rope is cut while a young trapeze artist is doing her act, and she is killed. The other members of the act suspect one another of the murder.
An anthology series hosted by and occasionally starring Joseph Cotten. The show often included court trials or individual's personal trials. The show was technically only "On Trial" but was popularly known as The Joseph Cotten Show.