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Petrocelli

Petrocelli

★ 7.2/10•1974•1h 0m•Drama
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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.

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 11, 1974

Episodes

Episode 1 - The Golden CageE1

The Golden Cage

A rich trophy wife gets accused of murder when she tries to leave her powerful controlling husband.

Sep 11, 1974

Episode 2 - Music to Die ByE2

Music to Die By

A singer hires Petrocelli to defend him when his career is jeopardized by a homicide accusation.

Sep 18, 1974

Episode 3 - By Reason of MadnessE3

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.

Sep 25, 1974

Episode 4 - Edge of EvilE4

Edge of Evil

The threatened revelation of damaging ecological information results in a murder that Petrocelli must solve.

Oct 2, 1974

Episode 5 - A Life for a LifeE5

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.

Oct 9, 1974

Episode 6 - Death in High PlacesE6

Death in High Places

Petrocelli defends a spoiled heiress accused of planting a grenade in her father's airplane to speed up her inheritance.

Oct 23, 1974

Episode 7 - Double NegativeE7

Double Negative

Petrocelli unravels a murder mystery rooted in blackmail.

Oct 30, 1974

Episode 8 - Mirror, Mirror, on the WallE8

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.

Nov 6, 1974

Episode 9 - An Act of LoveE9

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.

Nov 13, 1974

Episode 10 - A Very Lonely LadyE10

A Very Lonely Lady

Petrocelli defends a hitchhiker accused of murdering a woman who had given him a ride and an amorous invitation.

Nov 27, 1974

Episode 11 - CounterplayE11

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.

Dec 4, 1974

Episode 12 - A Covenant with EvilE12

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.

Dec 18, 1974

Episode 13 - The Sleep of ReasonE13

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.

Jan 15, 1974

Episode 14 - A Fallen IdolE14

A Fallen Idol

Petrocelli's high school idol, a boxer now over the hill, is accused of beating his new manager to death.

Jan 22, 1974

Episode 15 - Once Upon a VictimE15

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.

Jan 29, 1974

Episode 16 - The KidnappingE16

The Kidnapping

Petrocelli defends a woman who kidnapped her son from her father-in-law.

Feb 5, 1974

Episode 17 - A Lonely VictimE17

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.

Feb 19, 1974

Episode 18 - The OutsidersE18

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.

Feb 26, 1974

Episode 19 - Vengeance in WhiteE19

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.

Mar 5, 1974

Episode 20 - Four the Hard WayE20

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.

Mar 13, 1974

Episode 21 - Death in Small DosesE21

Death in Small Doses

Petrocelli defends a pharmacist accused of deliberately poisoning a customer.

Mar 27, 1975

Episode 22 - A Night of TerrorE22

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.

Apr 2, 1975

Actors

Barry Newman

Barry Newman

Anthony J. Petrocelli

Albert Salmi

Albert Salmi

Pete Ritter

David Huddleston

David Huddleston

Lieutenant Ponce

Susan Howard

Susan Howard

Maggie Petrocelli

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