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Sam Benedict

Sam Benedict

Sam Benedict

★ 6.7•1962•1 Seasons•ANIME

Drama

Sam Benedict is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from September 1962 to March 1963. The series was created and executive produced by E. Jack Neuman. Sam Benedict is based on real-life lawyer Jacob W. "Jake" Erlich, who served as technical consultant for the series.

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Top Cast

Edmond O'Brien

Edmond O'Brien

Sam Benedict

Richard Rust

Richard Rust

Hank Tabor

Joan Tompkins

Joan Tompkins

Trudy Wagner

Episodes

Season:

1. Hannigan

When her husband suddenly dies, Patricia Hannigan turns to the family's closest friend, Sam Benedict, for help in settling the estate. One of the survivors is the deceased's playboy brother James.

Aired: 9/15/1962

2. A Split Week in San Quentin

No overview available.

Aired: 9/22/1962

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3. Nor Practice Makes Perfect

No overview available.

Aired: 9/29/1962

4. Nothing Equals Nothing

When Sarah Sykes murders her husband, Sam decides her only defense is to plead insanity.

Aired: 10/6/1962

5. Tears for a Nobody Doll

No overview available.

Aired: 10/13/1962

6. Twenty Aching Years

No overview available.

Aired: 10/20/1962

7. Maddon's Folly

No overview available.

Aired: 10/27/1962

8. Hear the Mellow Wedding Bells

A young, married, and pregnant Orthodox Jewish woman asks Sam's help to get an Orthodox wedding. She has already had a civil marriage, but because her husband is an agnostic she is unable to get married in a religious ceremony which would please her and her family more. Meanwhile, Hank gets into trouble in his effort to locate the one witness who can help his client, as a debt owed by his client to the witness is mistaken for a bribe.

Aired: 11/3/1962

9. Life is a Lie, Love is a Cheat

Attractive Carrie Morton, claiming she has been swindled by the man she loves, hires Sam Benedict to sue him for 25,000 dollars.

Aired: 11/10/1962

10. The Bird of Warning

Diana Hyland plays a rich girl who has been arrested for drunk driving. Turns out she is an ex-fiancee of Hank Tabor, Sam Benedict's assistant, played by Richard Rust. He takes her in hand, for old time's sake, and suffers the consequences, though he ends up figuring out what her problem is and it isn't really drinking, it's a chemical imbalance. Nice scenes with those two. Another story involves the guest star George Tobias as a Hungarian who owns an ethnic restaurant. He's 80, married to a 42 year old and they want to divorce, but of course, Sam saves their marriage!

Aired: 11/17/1962

11. The View from an Ivory Tower

No overview available.

Aired: 11/24/1962

12. Everyone's Playing Polo

No overview available.

Aired: 12/14/1962

13. Too Many Strangers

No overview available.

Aired: 12/8/1962

14. So Various, So Beautiful

No overview available.

Aired: 12/15/1962

15. Where There's a Will

No overview available.

Aired: 12/22/1962

16. The Target Over the Hill

No overview available.

Aired: 12/29/1962

17. Not Even the Gulls Shall Weep

No overview available.

Aired: 1/5/1963

18. The Boiling Point

No overview available.

Aired: 1/12/1963

19. Green Room, Grey Morning

No overview available.

Aired: 1/19/1963

20. Run Softly, Oh Softly

Sam defends a man accused of swindling an insurance company out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, while the daughter of the man Sam's client accuses of being the real thief asks Hank to help her father.

Aired: 1/26/1963

21. Sugar and Spice and Everything....

No overview available.

Aired: 2/6/1963

22. Some Fires Die Slowly

Sam defends a man who is accused of arson and insurance fraud.

Aired: 2/16/1963

23. Image of a Toad

No overview available.

Aired: 2/23/1963

24. Seventeen Gypsies and a Sinner Named Charlie

No overview available.

Aired: 3/2/1963

25. Accomplice

No overview available.

Aired: 3/9/1963

26. Read No Evil

No overview available.

Aired: 3/16/1963

27. Of Rusted Cannons and Fallen Sparrows

No overview available.

Aired: 3/23/1963

28. Season For Vengeance

No overview available.

Aired: 3/30/1963