Petrocelli

Petrocelli

He's real and his own man.

Ended First aired 11/Sep/1974 United States English 3 season(s) 45 episode(s)

Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life to practice in a sleepy city in the American Southwest. He and wife Maggie live in a trailer in the country while waiting for their new house to be built, and travel around in a beat-up old pickup truck. For a quiet rural area, Petrocelli seems to have no trouble running into his share of murderers to defend.

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Season 2 · Season 2

22 episode(s) · Air date: 10/Sep/1975

Season Overview

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S2E22

Jubilee Jones

Air date: 24/Mar/1976 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

An aging former vaudeville star is arrested for killing a night club manager in a dispute over payment.

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S2E21

Shadow of a Doubt

Air date: 17/Mar/1976 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Retained to defend a man from a murder charge, Petrocelli faces the possible loss of his license after he is accused of bribing a witness.

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S2E20

The Payoff

Air date: 10/Mar/1976 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Tony must defend Maggie's visiting Uncle Roy, who has been accused of the murder of a prostitute.

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S2E19

Deadly Journey

Air date: 03/Mar/1976 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Petrocelli and Ritter offer a lift to an elderly female hitchhiker, who they later learn has been arrested for killing her son's employer.

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S2E18

Six Strings of Guilt

Air date: 25/Feb/1976 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Petrocelli must prove a woman innocent of murder when a man who tried to blackmail her is found dead.

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S2E17

Any Number Can Die

Air date: 18/Feb/1976 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Everyone connected with a computer theft of government secrets is mysteriously meeting death and Petrocelli may be next.

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S2E16

Blood Money

Air date: 11/Feb/1976 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Petrocelli's client is charged with murder when a fraternity-prank kidnapping suddenly becomes deadly realistic.

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S2E15

The Night Visitor

Air date: 04/Feb/1976 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Petrocelli's office is ransacked and he becomes the quarry of a couple who will stop at nothing to get the diamond he is supposedly keeping for a mysterious client.

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S2E14

Survival

Air date: 28/Jan/1976 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Petrocelli and a suspected burglar, ambushed in the desert, must battle nature to survive.

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S2E13

The Falling Star

Air date: 21/Jan/1976 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Petrocelli defends a once-famous western actor accused of killing a motion-picture producer.

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S2E12

A Deadly Vow

Air date: 31/Dec/1975 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

When a woman is arrested for murder, Petrocelli isn't sure he wants the case because she told him earlier she was going to do it.

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S2E11

Too Many Alibis

Air date: 24/Dec/1975 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Petrocelli's client is a conscientious black doctor accused of killing the hospital chief of staff, who charged him with incompetence and fired him.

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S2E10

Face of Evil

Air date: 17/Dec/1975 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

A mysterious woman hires Petrocelli to defend her twin sister, a shy waitress whom she loathes, against a murder charge.

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S2E9

Terror By the Book

Air date: 10/Dec/1975 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Petrocelli defends a woman accused of murdering her longtime friend, a best-selling author about to publish damaging information about her past.

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S2E8

The Gamblers

Air date: 12/Nov/1975 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

When evidence linking a young man to the slaying of his employer makes Petrocelli suspicious, he investigates and uncovers a web of gambling debts and strange burglaries.

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S2E7

Terror on Wheels

Air date: 05/Nov/1975 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Petrocelli defends a man suspected of murdering a motorcycle-gang member who had been romancing his daughter.

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S2E6

To See No Evil

Air date: 29/Oct/1975 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Petrocelli defends a blind woman accused of fatally shooting her boyfriend.

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S2E5

Chain of Command

Air date: 08/Oct/1975 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Petrocelli's client is a mechanic whose wrench, found bearing his fingerprints, was used to murder the airline executive who fired him.

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S2E4

Shadow of Fear

Air date: 01/Oct/1975 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

A woman tells Petrocelli she has shot her first husband and is shocked when her second husband is arrested for the crime.

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S2E3

Five Yards of Trouble

Air date: 24/Sep/1975 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Petrocelli defends a man who, enraged to find his wife posing for a photographer at another man's home, has a reason to be suspected for murder.

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S2E2

The Mark of Cain

Air date: 17/Sep/1975 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

A boyhood friend pays a visit to Petrocelli and later is arrested on a homicide charge.

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S2E1

Death Ride

Air date: 10/Sep/1975 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Petrocelli defends a rodeo clown accused of the murder of a rodeo star.

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Season 1 · Season 1

22 episode(s) · Air date: 11/Sep/1974

Season Overview

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S1E22

A Night of Terror

Air date: 02/Apr/1975 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Petrocelli defends a woman who, after being knocked unconscious in a fight with her boyfriend, awakened to find him dead and the murder gun in her hand.

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S1E21

Death in Small Doses

Air date: 27/Mar/1975 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Petrocelli defends a pharmacist accused of deliberately poisoning a customer.

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S1E20

Four the Hard Way

Air date: 13/Mar/1974 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Three old codgers hire Petrocelli to defend the fourth member of their pinochle club, a man charged with killing his son-in-law.

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S1E19

Vengeance in White

Air date: 05/Mar/1974 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Petrocelli defends an evangelist's wife, who is accused of killing the mercenary manager who had been working her husband to the point of collapse.

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S1E18

The Outsiders

Air date: 26/Feb/1974 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Petrocelli defends a penniless young crop picker who was captured fleeing a drugstore where he inadvertently left his fingerprints on a pair of scissors used to stab the owner.

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S1E17

A Lonely Victim

Air date: 19/Feb/1974 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

A romantic triangle comes to a violent end when Petrocelli's client, a divorcee, is found kneeling over the body of her married boss with a fireplace poker in her hand.

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S1E16

The Kidnapping

Air date: 05/Feb/1974 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

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

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S1E15

Once Upon a Victim

Air date: 29/Jan/1974 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

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

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S1E14

A Fallen Idol

Air date: 22/Jan/1974 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

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

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S1E13

The Sleep of Reason

Air date: 15/Jan/1974 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

An argument over hypnosis theory leads to the murder of a professor and Petrocelli's client, a teaching assistant accused of the crime, can't recall the shooting.

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S1E12

A Covenant with Evil

Air date: 18/Dec/1974 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

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

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S1E11

Counterplay

Air date: 04/Dec/1974 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

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

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S1E10

A Very Lonely Lady

Air date: 27/Nov/1974 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

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

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S1E9

An Act of Love

Air date: 13/Nov/1974 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

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

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S1E8

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall

Air date: 06/Nov/1974 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Although witnesses swear they saw her leave a murder victim's apartment minutes after shots were fired, Petrocelli's client insists she was at home at the time of the crime.

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S1E7

Double Negative

Air date: 30/Oct/1974 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Petrocelli unravels a murder mystery rooted in blackmail.

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S1E6

Death in High Places

Air date: 23/Oct/1974 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

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

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S1E5

A Life for a Life

Air date: 09/Oct/1974 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Petrocelli's defense of a young transient accused of arson and murder is complicated when the only witness who could help the accused refuses to testify.

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S1E4

Edge of Evil

Air date: 02/Oct/1974 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

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

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S1E3

By Reason of Madness

Air date: 25/Sep/1974 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

Petrocelli defends a wife accused of killing her husband. She knows she killed him but says she didn't know she was doing it. Petrocelli soon realizes she was mentally ill and has to prove her not guilty by reason of insanity.

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S1E2

Music to Die By

Air date: 18/Sep/1974 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

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

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S1E1

The Golden Cage

Air date: 11/Sep/1974 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min

Summary

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

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Season 0 · Specials

1 episode(s) · Air date: 16/Mar/1974

Season Overview

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S0E1

Night Games

Air date: 16/Mar/1974 · Time: 22:00

Summary

Petrocelli defends a millionaire's wife charged with slaying her husband's associate.

Cast

Main cast members.

Barry Newman

Anthony J. Petrocelli

Albert Salmi

David Huddleston

David Huddleston

Lieutenant Ponce

Susan Howard

Maggie Petrocelli

Robbie Rist

Julie Kavner

Kenneth Tobey

Jason Strafford

Paul Koslo

Susan Dey

Annette O'Toole

Annette O'Toole

Eric Server

Robert Hooks

Thayer David

Ward Costello

James Daughton

Alan Vint

Alan Oppenheimer

Alan Oppenheimer

Charles Martin Smith

Charles Martin Smith

Crew

Creators, directors, writers, and production crew.

Bernard McEveety

Don Taylor

Don Weis

Herb Wallerstein

Herschel Daugherty

Irving J. Moore

James Sheldon

Joseph Pevney

Leonard Katzman

Director, Producer, Writer

Paul Lynch

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Quick Facts

Seasons 3

Episodes 45

Year 1974

Status Ended

Runtime 60 min

Language English

Country United States

Release Info

Schedule Wednesdays at 10:00 PM (60 min)

Timezone America/New_York

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Network United States NBC (1974 - 1976)

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Schedule Wednesdays at 10:00 PM (60 min)

Timezone America/New_York

Network United States NBC (1974 - 1976)

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