The Arrest And Trial TV show was a police, courtroom drama series similar to "Law And Order" except that "Arrest And Trial" was 90 minutes in length. The first 45 minutes of each episode involved catching the criminal and the last 45 minutes covered the trial.
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- Jack Smight (5 episodes)
- David Lowell Rich (4 episodes)
- Ralph Senensky (2 episodes)
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- Herb Meadow (4 episodes)
- Don Brinkley (3 episodes)
- William Woolfolk (2 episodes)
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- The format of this series consisted of the first half of each episode dealing with the crime investigation, the second half the trial. This format later, in part, inspired the similar but…
[show]The format of this series consisted of the first half of each episode dealing with the crime investigation, the second half the trial. This format later, in part, inspired the similar but much longer-running Law & Order.
[hide] - Although Chuck Connors was considered to be miscast as an attorney, much of the failure of "Arrest & Trial" to live up to its potential was allegedly due to interference in the show's writing…
[show]Although Chuck Connors was considered to be miscast as an attorney, much of the failure of "Arrest & Trial" to live up to its potential was allegedly due to interference in the show's writing by producer Frank P. Rosenberg. Connors is said to have butted heads many times with management over this, as well as its treatment of the show's staff (he once walked off the set until the studio resumed providing free coffee and donuts for the crew). Rosenberg was said to have a stack of "Arrest & Trial" scripts written by some of the top writers in Hollywood that were ignored in favor of scripts that were increasingly mediocre. "Arrest & Trial" was also in one of the worst possible time slots, competing against Bonanza, The Ed Sullivan Show and The Judy Garland Show. When "Arrest & Trial" folded after one season, Connors and Universal/Revue severed their contract by "mutual agreement." A year later, Connors was back on TV in another western, Branded that, oddly enough, ran in the same unenviable time slot as "Arrest & Trial" but managed to last two seasons. Gazzara returned to enjoy a three-year in the TV series Run for Your Life, before appearing in three critically acclaimed films directed by his friend, independent film pioneer John Cassavetes.
[hide] - Ben Gazzara, who stood about 5'10, had never seen The Rifleman and had no idea that his costar, Chuck Connors, stood 6'6". Various "tricks" were used to minimize the disparity in their sizes…
[show]Ben Gazzara, who stood about 5'10, had never seen The Rifleman and had no idea that his costar, Chuck Connors, stood 6'6". Various "tricks" were used to minimize the disparity in their sizes but sometimes filming the two standing together was unavoidable. "And there we were," Gazzara recalled. "The giant and me."
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