Episode 1
Death Ride
Petrocelli defends a rodeo clown accused of the murder of a rodeo star.
Episode credits
Directed by Irving J. MooreWritten by Leonard KatzmanGuest stars Eric Server, John Henry Cox, Ned Beatty, Don 'Red' Barry
TV series
Petrocelli
19742 seasons7.2 / 10
He's real and his own man.
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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Checked Jul 22, 2026
Petrocelli premiered September 11, 1974. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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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Episode 2
The Mark of Cain
A boyhood friend pays a visit to Petrocelli and later is arrested on a homicide charge.
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Directed by Leonard KatzmanWritten by Leonard KatzmanGuest stars Paul Koslo, John Henry Cox, John Saxon
Episode 3
Five Yards of Trouble
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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Directed by Joseph PevneyGuest stars Robbie Rist, H.M. Wynant, BarBara Luna, Glenn Corbett
Episode 4
Shadow of Fear
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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Directed by Irving J. MooreGuest stars Warren J. Kemmerling, Jonathan Goldsmith, William Windom
Episode 5
Chain of Command
10.0 / 10
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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Guest stars Kenneth Tobey, Warren Stevens, Lee Montgomery, Lin McCarthy, John Ritter, Rosemary DeCamp, John Lupton
Episode 6
To See No Evil
Petrocelli defends a blind woman accused of fatally shooting her boyfriend.
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Directed by Irving J. MooreWritten by Leonard KatzmanGuest stars Julie Kavner, Robert Symonds, Michael Bell
Episode 7
Terror on Wheels
Petrocelli defends a man suspected of murdering a motorcycle-gang member who had been romancing his daughter.
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Guest stars Annette O'Toole, John Colicos, Don Starr, Ayn Ruymen
Episode 8
The Gamblers
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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Directed by Herb WallersteinWritten by John HudockGuest stars Don Starr, Mark Hamill, John Lupton, Jack Ging, Gloria LeRoy
Episode 9
Terror By the Book
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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Directed by Irving J. MooreGuest stars Bing Russell, Michael Bell, Dewey Martin, S. John Launer, Anne Francis, Marj Dusay, Dick Butkus
Episode 10
Face of Evil
A mysterious woman hires Petrocelli to defend her twin sister, a shy waitress whom she loathes, against a murder charge.
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Directed by Irving J. MooreGuest stars Kay Lenz, Robert F. Lyons, Lucille Benson
Episode 11
Too Many Alibis
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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Directed by Herb WallersteinWritten by Fred FreibergerGuest stars Robert Hooks, Bettye Ackerman, Sally Kirkland, Susan Sullivan
Episode 12
A Deadly Vow
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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Directed by Irving J. MooreWritten by Leonard KatzmanGuest stars Salome Jens, Len Wayland, Warren J. Kemmerling, Rosemary Forsyth, Fred Stromsoe
Episode 13
The Falling Star
Petrocelli defends a once-famous western actor accused of killing a motion-picture producer.
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Directed by Russ MayberryWritten by Leonard KatzmanGuest stars Susan Dey, Frank Aletter, Ken Curtis, Francine York
Episode 14
Survival
Petrocelli and a suspected burglar, ambushed in the desert, must battle nature to survive.
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Guest stars Christopher Connelly, Brian Libby, Cindy Williams, Jonathan Goldsmith, René Enríquez, Troy Melton
Episode 15
The Night Visitor
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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Directed by Robert ScheererWritten by Leonard KatzmanGuest stars Thayer David, Joan Van Ark, Phillip Pine
Episode 16
Blood Money
Petrocelli's client is charged with murder when a fraternity-prank kidnapping suddenly becomes deadly realistic.
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Directed by Irving J. MooreWritten by Leonard KatzmanGuest stars James Daughton, Nicholas Hammond, Denver Pyle, Andrew Rubin, David Huddleston, James Gammon, Timothy Scott, Darrell Larson
Episode 17
Any Number Can Die
Everyone connected with a computer theft of government secrets is mysteriously meeting death and Petrocelli may be next.
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Directed by Leonard KatzmanGuest stars Gwynne Gilford, Paul Burke, Mark Gordon
Episode 18
Six Strings of Guilt
Petrocelli must prove a woman innocent of murder when a man who tried to blackmail her is found dead.
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Directed by Don WeisGuest stars Ward Costello, Joanna Miles, Eddie Quillan, Martin Kove
Episode 19
Deadly Journey
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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Directed by Paul LynchGuest stars Alan Vint, Brian Libby, Deborah White, Jeff Allin, Lucille Benson, Marion Ross, Lynn Borden, Ron Foster
Episode 20
The Payoff
Tony must defend Maggie's visiting Uncle Roy, who has been accused of the murder of a prostitute.
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Directed by Joseph PevneyGuest stars Dabney Coleman, Don Most, Mark Goddard
Episode 21
Shadow of a Doubt
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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Directed by Jerry LondonGuest stars Harold Gould, Tim Matheson, Katherine Helmond
Episode 22
Jubilee Jones
finale
An aging former vaudeville star is arrested for killing a night club manager in a dispute over payment.
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Cast
Barry NewmanAnthony J. Petrocelli
Albert SalmiPete Ritter
David HuddlestonLieutenant Ponce
Susan HowardMaggie Petrocelli
Robbie Rist
Julie Kavner
Kenneth TobeyJason Strafford
Paul KosloCredits
- Created by
- Sidney J. Furie
- Written by
- Leonard Katzman, William Kelley, Robert C. Dennis, Fred Freiberger, Edward J. Lakso, Mel Goldberg, Daniel B. Ullman, Oliver Crawford, John Hudock
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 44
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
NBCUnited States
Paramount TelevisionUnited States- Miller-Milkis Productions
Themes
italian americanlawyersmall town