Arrest and Trial

Season 1

TV-PG

Los Angeles is where Sergeant Nick Anderson and his fellow officers work to keep the streets safe. After the arrest of the accused, attorney John Egan plans their defense, while the prosecution is led by Jerry Miller.

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30 Episodes

Call It A Lifetime (1)
E1
Call It A Lifetime (1)A truck skids into a motorcycle policeman and kills him. The driver who thinks he'll be blamed for the accident, steals a another car and flees.
Isn't It A Lovely View (2)
E2
Isn't It A Lovely View (2)A crippled woman’s reluctance to admit that she witnessed a murder from her apartment window leads Anderson to suspect her husband committed the crime to avoid a blackmail payment.
Tears From A Silver Dipper
E3
Tears From A Silver DipperCaught stealing drugs from a military base, PFC George Valdez becomes the chief suspect in a murder — but race prejudice may be influencing the outcome of his court-martial.
A Shield Is For Hiding Behind
E4
A Shield Is For Hiding BehindDeke Palmer seems like the perfect 19-year-old college student, But Timmy, his 15-year-old brother, knows different. He knows that each time his brother drops him off at the movie theater, he must be able to tell Deke the plot in great detail, so that Deke will have an alibi for whatever he's really off doing while Timmy sits alone at the movies. Can Deke be brought to justice.
My Name is Martin Burnham
E5
My Name is Martin BurnhamA suicidal engineer accidentally kills a co-worker while attempting a leap from a high-rise construction site, and he opts to offer no defense for the crime in the hope of being sent to the gas chamber.
A Flame in the Dark
E6
A Flame in the DarkAnderson is puzzled by 14-year-old Bobby Randolph, who won't accept the fact that his mother was murdered by a sniper. He also wonders why the boy's business-tycoon father tries to do all the talking. What is the father trying to hide.
Whose Little Girl Are You?
E7
Whose Little Girl Are You?A master tool and die craftsman, unbalanced by the loss of his physical dexterity, kills the verbally abusive co-worker who is about to take over his job.
The Witnesses
E8
The WitnessesA schoolteacher’s conscience bothers her when the wrong man is arrested for murder — but since she was with a married man when she witnessed the crime, she cannot come forward without ruining her reputation.
Inquest Into A Bleeding Heart
E9
Inquest Into A Bleeding HeartAfter a little girl is run down by a reckess motorcyclist, a discredited doctor performs emergency surgery — only to find himself on trial for practicing without a license after the girl dies.
The Quality of Justice
E10
The Quality of JusticeAnderson is searching for a child-killer, unaware that the killer is mentally retarded and very unstable.
We May Be Better Strangers
E11
We May Be Better StrangersAnderson discovers that a hoodlum who has murdered a night watchman during a robbery is also blackmailing a prominent judge — who turns out to be the young killer’s father.
Journey Into Darkness
E12
Journey Into DarknessJourney Into Darkness is an episode of the TV program Arrest and Trial.
Some Weeks Are All Mondays
E13
Some Weeks Are All MondaysAnderson realizes that the daughter of a well-known playwright may have murdered her stepfather.
Run, Little Man, Run
E14
Run, Little Man, RunFred Stukey's wife is found dead at a church bazaar, and Anderson discovers that a known thief named Antsy Jackson was on the scene. Can the piece the puzzle together.
Funny Man With A Monkey
E15
Funny Man With A MonkeyA night club comic is suspected of killing a doctor to get narcotics to fed his hunger and addiction.
Signals From An Ancient Flame
E16
Signals From An Ancient Flame
Onward and Upward
E17
Onward and UpwardA sleazy corporate yes-man inherits the unpleasant task of corpse disposal after his boss murders his mistress.
An Echo of Conscience
E18
An Echo of ConscienceAnderson has a hard time accepting that his old friend, a private detective who was thrown off the police force because of his alcoholism, has been driven to murder.
Somewhat Lower Than the Angels
E19
Somewhat Lower Than the AngelsA priest’s faith in the innocence of the woman arrested for killing his sister convinces Egan to take the case.
People In Glass Houses
E20
People In Glass HousesTwo criminals blast their way out of a courthouse.
The Best There Is (1)
E21
The Best There Is (1)Egan is too busy to handle the defense of a young Mexican wrongly accused of murder, so he hands the case off to his aging mentor — but the latter’s senility may obstruct the defendant’s chance at a fair trial.
A Roll of the Dice (2)
E22
A Roll of the Dice (2)An ambitious young hustler, falling victim to his gambling addiction, embezzles a large sum from his employer and goes on a spree in Las Vegas.
The Black Flower
E23
The Black FlowerBack home on parole, Rick Tobin accuses his wife of being friendly with the man he feels is responsible for his conviction and temper start to flare.
A Circle of Strangers
E24
A Circle of StrangersAlex and Helen want to marry despite their feuding Hungarian-born families’ objections, but when shy Alex accidentally kills a man their love becomes as star-crossed as Romeo and Juliet’s.
Modus Operandi
E25
Modus OperandiLois Janeway insists that her parolee husband has gone straight, but Anderson has a hard time believing that another criminal has adopted Janeway’s highly unusual method of robbery — the use of a vicious trained dog to frighten witnesses during the holdup..
Tigers Are For Jungles
E26
Tigers Are For JunglesA hit man decides to retire when he falls in love, but the machinations of his ambitious young accomplice force him to pick up his gun again.
The Revenge of the Worm
E27
The Revenge of the WormAnderson advises a truck driver to be practical and pay the “protection” money that a racketeer is extorting from him, but the man’s pride compels him to respond with violence instead.
He Ran For His Life
E28
He Ran For His LifeEgan investigates the ex-wife of an unstable man arrested for kidnapping his own son and holding the police at bay with a gun.
Those Whose Love Has Made (1)
E29
Those Whose Love Has Made (1)Two of law professor Marcus Cain’s students hire a man to murder their teacher, but Cain turns the tables and kills the killer — only he can’t confess and claim self-defense, because he was leaving his mistress’ apartment at the time.
Birds of a Feather (2)
E30
Birds of a Feather (2)A society girl helps to swindle a mob-connected Texas businessman on a shady land deal, but when Anderson arrests her she refuses to lead him to the sleazy gigolo who put her up to the con.