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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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Petrocelli premiered September 11, 1974. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
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.
Cast, crew and production details
Barry NewmanAnthony J. Petrocelli
Albert SalmiPete Ritter
David HuddlestonLieutenant Ponce
Susan HowardMaggie Petrocelli
Robbie Rist
Julie Kavner
Kenneth TobeyJason Strafford
Paul Koslo
NBCUnited States
Paramount TelevisionUnited StatesWatch options above are for the show and may vary by season or episode.
Episode 1
A rich trophy wife gets accused of murder when she tries to leave her powerful controlling husband.
Directed by James Sheldon, Joseph PevneyWritten by William KelleyGuest stars Joseph Campanella, Rosemary Forsyth, Morgan Woodward, William Windom, Rose Marie, Fred Stromsoe
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Episode 2
A singer hires Petrocelli to defend him when his career is jeopardized by a homicide accusation.
Directed by Irving J. Moore, Paul StanleyWritten by Daniel B. Ullman, Oliver CrawfordGuest stars Britt Leach, Don Starr, Jeremy Slate, Sandy Kenyon, Ricky Nelson, David Doyle, Fred Stromsoe
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Episode 3
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.
Directed by Allen ReisnerWritten by William KelleyGuest stars Lynda Day George, James McEachin, Rory Calhoun, John Vernon, Loretta Swit, Rudy Bond
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Episode 4
The threatened revelation of damaging ecological information results in a murder that Petrocelli must solve.
Directed by Irving J. MooreWritten by Mel GoldbergGuest stars Susan Oliver, William Shatner, Lynn Carlin, Glenn Corbett, Dana Elcar, Morgan Paull, Harrison Ford
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Episode 5
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.
Directed by Herb Wallerstein, Allen ReisnerWritten by Robert C. DennisGuest stars Sharon Farrell, Henry Jones, Walter Brooke, Geoffrey Deuel, John Anderson
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Episode 6
Petrocelli defends a spoiled heiress accused of planting a grenade in her father's airplane to speed up her inheritance.
Directed by Irving J. Moore, Richard DonnerWritten by Leonard KatzmanGuest stars Cameron Mitchell, Joe Mantell, Dick Alexander, Harold Gould, Belinda Montgomery, Barney Phillips, Fred Stromsoe, Gregory Sierra
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Episode 7
Petrocelli unravels a murder mystery rooted in blackmail.
Directed by Paul StanleyWritten by Leonard KatzmanGuest stars Fritz Weaver, Michael Burns, Gene Tyburn, Ron Foster
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Episode 8
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.
Directed by Irving J. MooreGuest stars Kurt Grayson, Harold Gould, Stefanie Powers
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Episode 9
Petrocelli defends a man accused of killing a woman with whom he spent the night in her home, waking to find her dead.
Directed by James Sheldon, Paul StanleyWritten by Edward J. LaksoGuest stars Alan Oppenheimer, John Marley, Don Starr
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Episode 10
Petrocelli defends a hitchhiker accused of murdering a woman who had given him a ride and an amorous invitation.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyGuest stars John Milford, Don Starr, Arlene Martel, Louis Gossett Jr., Jack Ging, Lucille Benson
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Episode 11
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.
Directed by Irving J. MooreWritten by William KelleyGuest stars Ben Masters, Hayden Rorke, Richard Jaeckel
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Episode 12
Petrocelli defends a man accused of murder after he is found cradling the body of a woman who was raped and killed.
Directed by Herb WallersteinWritten by Leonard KatzmanGuest stars Charles Martin Smith, Julie Cobb, Dean Harens, Paul Carr, Arthur Malet, Robyn Millan
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Episode 13
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.
Directed by Herschel DaughertyWritten by Leonard Katzman
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Episode 14
Petrocelli's high school idol, a boxer now over the hill, is accused of beating his new manager to death.
Written by Robert C. DennisGuest stars Louis Gossett Jr., Fred Stromsoe, Chuck Hicks
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Episode 15
Petrocelli's client, a physician, is found with a scalpel in hand, standing over the body of the woman who founded his clinic.
Written by Leonard KatzmanGuest stars John Dehner, Della Reese, Jonathan Goldsmith
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Episode 16
Petrocelli defends a woman who kidnapped her son from her father-in-law.
Directed by Irving J. MooreWritten by Leonard Katzman
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Episode 17
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.
Directed by Irving J. MooreGuest stars Anjanette Comer, Madlyn Rhue, Don Dubbins, Mark Goddard
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Episode 18
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.
Directed by Irving J. MooreGuest stars Lucille Benson, Marion Ross
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Episode 19
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.
Directed by Leonard Katzman
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Episode 20
Three old codgers hire Petrocelli to defend the fourth member of their pinochle club, a man charged with killing his son-in-law.
Directed by Joseph PevneyGuest stars Strother Martin, Paul Brinegar, Gloria LeRoy
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Episode 21
Petrocelli defends a pharmacist accused of deliberately poisoning a customer.
Directed by Don TaylorGuest stars Elizabeth MacRae, Stephen Elliott, Paul Shenar, Torin Thatcher, Robert Mandan, George O'Hanlon, Jr.
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Episode 22
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.
Directed by Bernard McEveetyGuest stars Peter Mark Richman, Lance LeGault, Joseph Mell
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