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Sam Benedict

1962 · 1 season · 28 episodes · Ended · NBC

Drama

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Sam Benedict is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from September 1962 to March 1963. The series was created and executive produced by E. Jack Neuman. Sam Benedict is based on real-life lawyer Jacob W. "Jake" Erlich, who served as technical consultant for the series.

Episodes

  • S01E01Hannigan1962-09-1560m

    When her husband suddenly dies, Patricia Hannigan turns to the family's closest friend, Sam Benedict, for help in settling the estate. One of the survivors is the deceased's playboy brother James.

  • S01E02A Split Week in San Quentin1962-09-2260m
  • S01E03Nor Practice Makes Perfect1962-09-2960m
  • S01E04Nothing Equals Nothing1962-10-0660m

    When Sarah Sykes murders her husband, Sam decides her only defense is to plead insanity.

  • S01E05Tears for a Nobody Doll1962-10-1360m
  • S01E06Twenty Aching Years1962-10-2060m
  • S01E07Maddon's Folly1962-10-2760m
  • S01E08Hear the Mellow Wedding Bells1962-11-0360m

    A young, married, and pregnant Orthodox Jewish woman asks Sam's help to get an Orthodox wedding. She has already had a civil marriage, but because her husband is an agnostic she is unable to get married in a religious ceremony which would please her and her family more. Meanwhile, Hank gets into trouble in his effort to locate the one witness who can help his client, as a debt owed by his client to the witness is mistaken for a bribe.

  • S01E09Life is a Lie, Love is a Cheat1962-11-1060m

    Attractive Carrie Morton, claiming she has been swindled by the man she loves, hires Sam Benedict to sue him for 25,000 dollars.

  • S01E10The Bird of Warning1962-11-1760m

    Diana Hyland plays a rich girl who has been arrested for drunk driving. Turns out she is an ex-fiancee of Hank Tabor, Sam Benedict's assistant, played by Richard Rust. He takes her in hand, for old time's sake, and suffers the consequences, though he ends up figuring out what her problem is and it isn't really drinking, it's a chemical imbalance. Nice scenes with those two. Another story involves the guest star George Tobias as a Hungarian who owns an ethnic restaurant. He's 80, married to a 42 year old and they want to divorce, but of course, Sam saves their marriage!

  • S01E11The View from an Ivory Tower1962-11-2460m
  • S01E12Everyone's Playing Polo1962-12-1460m
  • S01E13Too Many Strangers1962-12-0860m
  • S01E14So Various, So Beautiful1962-12-1560m
  • S01E15Where There's a Will1962-12-2260m
  • S01E16The Target Over the Hill1962-12-2960m
  • S01E17Not Even the Gulls Shall Weep1963-01-0560m
  • S01E18The Boiling Point1963-01-1260m
  • S01E19Green Room, Grey Morning1963-01-1960m
  • S01E20Run Softly, Oh Softly1963-01-2660m

    Sam defends a man accused of swindling an insurance company out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, while the daughter of the man Sam's client accuses of being the real thief asks Hank to help her father.

  • S01E21Sugar and Spice and Everything....1963-02-0660m
  • S01E22Some Fires Die Slowly1963-02-1660m

    Sam defends a man who is accused of arson and insurance fraud.

  • S01E23Image of a Toad1963-02-2360m
  • S01E24Seventeen Gypsies and a Sinner Named Charlie1963-03-0260m
  • S01E25Accomplice1963-03-0960m
  • S01E26Read No Evil1963-03-1660m
  • S01E27Of Rusted Cannons and Fallen Sparrows1963-03-2360m
  • S01E28Season For Vengeance1963-03-3060m

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