Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American dramatized court show that ran during the 1963-1964 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 p.m. Eastern. The majority of episodes consisted of two segments. Set in Los Angeles, the first part followed Detective Sergeants Nick Anderson and Dan Kirby of the LAPD as they tracked down and captured a criminal. The apprehended suspect was then defended in the second part by criminal attorney John Egan, who was often up against Deputy District Attorney Jerry Miller and his assistant, Barry Pine. Gazzara agreed to play the role of Anderson only after extracting a promise from the producer that scripts would avoid stereotypical depictions of police officers. In a 1963 TV Guide interview, Gazzara described his portrayal of Anderson: "I'm supposed to be a thinking man's cop. I'm a serious student of human behavior, more concerned with what creates the criminal than how to punish him. In other words, I'm not the kind of cop who asks, 'Where were you the night of April 13th?' It's my job to show that there is room for passion and intellectualism and personal display even within a policeman." Wikipedia [ - ]

Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American dramatized court show that ran during the 1963-1964... [ + ]