Barry Newman
Anthony J. Petrocelli
Series SeasonSeason 1 episodes1974
Petrocelli
Season 1
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Episodes
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Episode 11974-09-11
The Golden Cage
A rich trophy wife gets accused of murder when she tries to leave her powerful controlling husband.
Episode 21974-09-18
Music to Die By
A singer hires Petrocelli to defend him when his career is jeopardized by a homicide accusation.
Episode 31974-09-25
By Reason of Madness
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.
Episode 41974-10-02
Edge of Evil
The threatened revelation of damaging ecological information results in a murder that Petrocelli must solve.
Episode 51974-10-09
A Life for a Life
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.
Episode 61974-10-23
Death in High Places
Petrocelli defends a spoiled heiress accused of planting a grenade in her father's airplane to speed up her inheritance.
Episode 71974-10-30
Double Negative
Petrocelli unravels a murder mystery rooted in blackmail.
Episode 81974-11-06
Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
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.
Episode 91974-11-13
An Act of Love
Petrocelli defends a man accused of killing a woman with whom he spent the night in her home, waking to find her dead.
Episode 101974-11-27
A Very Lonely Lady
Petrocelli defends a hitchhiker accused of murdering a woman who had given him a ride and an amorous invitation.
Episode 111974-12-04
Counterplay
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.
Episode 121974-12-18
A Covenant with Evil
Petrocelli defends a man accused of murder after he is found cradling the body of a woman who was raped and killed.
Episode 131974-01-15
The Sleep of Reason
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.
Episode 141974-01-22
A Fallen Idol
Petrocelli's high school idol, a boxer now over the hill, is accused of beating his new manager to death.
Episode 151974-01-29
Once Upon a Victim
Petrocelli's client, a physician, is found with a scalpel in hand, standing over the body of the woman who founded his clinic.
Episode 161974-02-05
The Kidnapping
Petrocelli defends a woman who kidnapped her son from her father-in-law.
Episode 171974-02-19
A Lonely Victim
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.
Episode 181974-02-26
The Outsiders
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.
Episode 191974-03-05
Vengeance in White
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.
Episode 201974-03-13
Four the Hard Way
Three old codgers hire Petrocelli to defend the fourth member of their pinochle club, a man charged with killing his son-in-law.
Episode 211975-03-27
Death in Small Doses
Petrocelli defends a pharmacist accused of deliberately poisoning a customer.
Episode 221975-04-02
A Night of Terror
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.