The Best Episodes of Petrocelli Season 1

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   #1 - The Golden Cage

   S1:E19/11/1974

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

   Directors:James Sheldon, Joseph Pevney

   Writer:William Kelley

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   Directors:James Sheldon, Joseph Pevney

   Writer:William Kelley
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   #2 - Music to Die By

   S1:E29/18/1974

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

   Directors:Irving J. Moore, Paul Stanley

   Writers:Daniel B. Ullman, Oliver Crawford

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   Directors:Irving J. Moore, Paul Stanley

   Writers:Daniel B. Ullman, Oliver Crawford
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   #3 - By Reason of Madness

   S1:E39/25/1974

   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.

   Director:Allen Reisner

   Writer:William Kelley

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   Director:Allen Reisner

   Writer:William Kelley
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   #4 - Edge of Evil

   S1:E410/2/1974

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

   Director:Irving J. Moore

   Writer:Mel Goldberg

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   Director:Irving J. Moore

   Writer:Mel Goldberg
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   #5 - A Life for a Life

   S1:E510/9/1974

   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.

   Directors:Herb Wallerstein, Allen Reisner

   Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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   Directors:Herb Wallerstein, Allen Reisner

   Writer:Robert C. Dennis
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   #6 - Death in High Places

   S1:E610/23/1974

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

   Directors:Irving J. Moore, Richard Donner

   Writer:Leonard Katzman

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   Directors:Irving J. Moore, Richard Donner

   Writer:Leonard Katzman
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   #7 - Double Negative

   S1:E710/30/1974

   Petrocelli unravels a murder mystery rooted in blackmail.

   Director:Paul Stanley

   Writer:Leonard Katzman

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   Director:Paul Stanley

   Writer:Leonard Katzman
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   #8 - Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall

   S1:E811/6/1974

   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.

   Director:Irving J. Moore

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Irving J. Moore

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   #9 - An Act of Love

   S1:E911/13/1974

   Petrocelli defends a man accused of killing a woman with whom he spent the night in her home, waking to find her dead.

   Directors:James Sheldon, Paul Stanley

   Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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   Directors:James Sheldon, Paul Stanley

   Writer:Edward J. Lakso
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    #10 - A Very Lonely Lady

    S1:E1011/27/1974

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

    Director:Vincent McEveety

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Vincent McEveety

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    #11 - Counterplay

    S1:E1112/4/1974

    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.

    Director:Irving J. Moore

    Writer:William Kelley

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    Director:Irving J. Moore

    Writer:William Kelley
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    #12 - A Covenant with Evil

    S1:E1212/18/1974

    Petrocelli defends a man accused of murder after he is found cradling the body of a woman who was raped and killed.

    Director:Herb Wallerstein

    Writer:Leonard Katzman

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    Director:Herb Wallerstein

    Writer:Leonard Katzman
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    #13 - The Sleep of Reason

    S1:E131/15/1974

    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.

    Director:Herschel Daugherty

    Writer:Leonard Katzman

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    Director:Herschel Daugherty

    Writer:Leonard Katzman
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    #14 - A Fallen Idol

    S1:E141/22/1974

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

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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    Writer:Robert C. Dennis
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    #15 - Once Upon a Victim

    S1:E151/29/1974

    Petrocelli's client, a physician, is found with a scalpel in hand, standing over the body of the woman who founded his clinic.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Leonard Katzman

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    Writer:Leonard Katzman
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    #16 - The Kidnapping

    S1:E162/5/1974

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

    Director:Irving J. Moore

    Writer:Leonard Katzman

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    Director:Irving J. Moore

    Writer:Leonard Katzman
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    #17 - A Lonely Victim

    S1:E172/19/1974

    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.

    Director:Irving J. Moore

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Irving J. Moore

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    #18 - The Outsiders

    S1:E182/26/1974

    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.

    Director:Irving J. Moore

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Irving J. Moore

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    #19 - Vengeance in White

    S1:E193/5/1974

    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.

    Director:Leonard Katzman

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Leonard Katzman

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    #20 - Four the Hard Way

    S1:E203/13/1974

    Three old codgers hire Petrocelli to defend the fourth member of their pinochle club, a man charged with killing his son-in-law.

    Director:Joseph Pevney

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Joseph Pevney

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    #21 - Death in Small Doses

    S1:E213/27/1975

    Petrocelli defends a pharmacist accused of deliberately poisoning a customer.

    Director:Don Taylor

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Don Taylor

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    #22 - A Night of Terror

    S1:E224/2/1975

    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.

    Director:Bernard McEveety

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Bernard McEveety

    Writer:Unknown