Arrest and Trial, Part 2
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Actor: Arrest & TrialDirector: n/a
Brand: Timeless Media Group
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Box set, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 675 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-19
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Timeless Media Group
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Summary: 3 Stars
While there is much to like about this short-lived '60's series, a joint production of Revue (Universal) and Chuck Connors' Ranch Productions, I do have one major problem: the casting of the leads, or more specifically, the roles of the leads.
I had heard about, but never seen, this series prior to the DVD releases, but I certainly had been familiar with Chuck Connors, due to viewing The Rifleman and his subsequent series, Branded, and I knew Ben Gazzara from his follow-up series, Run For Your Life.
From watching those actors in those shows, I came away with perceived images: Connors as a firm but fair man of justice (The Rifleman) and Gazzara as a compassionate sort (Run For Your Life). Here, the two actors are playing pretty much against type: while Gazzara certainly has moments of compassion and concern for people he encounters (and may or may not wind up arresting, i.e., Joseph Schildkraut in "Whose Little Girl Are You?"), I don't buy him for one second in the tough-guy cop role, nor do I totally believe Connors as a caring public defender. And in one interesting episode, "A Shield Is For Hiding Behind", Connors' character John Egan defends Sgt. Nick Anderson (Gazzara) on a murder charge after he shoots a clean-cut yet creepy punk (James 'Danno' MacArthur) who had brutally murdered another cop earlier in the episode. The other actors in the cast, familiar TV faces Roger Perry, Don Galloway, John Larch and John Kerr, fare much better in the respective parts (i.e., Gazzara's partner, Connors' assistant, District Attorney and Assistant District Attorney). Kerr in particular must have enjoyed playing a lawyer--after years of regular or semi-regular series roles as a District Attorney in not only Arrest & Trial but Peyton Place and The Streets of San Francisco, he became a real-life criminal attorney. Art imitates life!
Still, the series is interesting for a couple of reasons, one being the unique premise of the show: for the first half of the series, we see the crime committed and the work the detectives put in to arrest the criminal, but in the second half, the focus is on the public defender to get the guy acquitted (and naturally, there are some situations where the arrested person may not be the guilty party, or for some reason, less culpable). Much has been made of the comparison between this and Law & Order...no, I think they're similar shows but L&O is not the current version of A&T.
Then, there is the array of guest actors on this series: Universal/Revue was willing to shell out for the top talent of the day, so we get a lot of famous faces here; to name a few, Roddy McDowall, Anne Francis, Mickey Rooney, William Shatner, a young Peter Fonda, a young Martin Sheen, Joseph Schildkraut, Leif Erickson, Vera Miles...and those are just a sampling of the talent on display in this short-lived series.
Recommended? Yes, if you can get past the casting of the main leads and enjoy the stories on display and the fabulous guest actors.
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