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Petrocelli

He's real and his own man.

7.2(27)
First Aired:September 11, 1974
Seasons:2 seasons
Episodes:44
Status:Ended

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.

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Cast

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

Seasons

The Golden Cage

E1The Golden Cage

Sep 11, 1974

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

Music to Die By

E2Music to Die By

Sep 18, 1974

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

By Reason of Madness

E3By Reason of Madness

Sep 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.

Edge of Evil

E4Edge of Evil

Oct 2, 1974

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

A Life for a Life

E5A Life for a Life

Oct 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.

Death in High Places

E6Death in High Places

Oct 23, 1974

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

Double Negative

E7Double Negative

Oct 30, 1974

Petrocelli unravels a murder mystery rooted in blackmail.

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall

E8Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall

Nov 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.

An Act of Love

E9An Act of Love

Nov 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.

A Very Lonely Lady

E10A Very Lonely Lady

Nov 27, 1974

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

Counterplay

E11Counterplay

Dec 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.

A Covenant with Evil

E12A Covenant with Evil

Dec 18, 1974

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

The Sleep of Reason

E13The Sleep of Reason

Jan 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.

A Fallen Idol

E14A Fallen Idol

Jan 22, 1974

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

Once Upon a Victim

E15Once Upon a Victim

Jan 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.

The Kidnapping

E16The Kidnapping

Feb 5, 1974

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

A Lonely Victim

E17A Lonely Victim

Feb 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.

The Outsiders

E18The Outsiders

Feb 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.

Vengeance in White

E19Vengeance in White

Mar 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.

Four the Hard Way

E20Four the Hard Way

Mar 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.

Death in Small Doses

E21Death in Small Doses

Mar 27, 1975

Petrocelli defends a pharmacist accused of deliberately poisoning a customer.

A Night of Terror

E22A Night of Terror

Apr 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.

Death Ride

E1Death Ride

Sep 10, 1975

Petrocelli defends a rodeo clown accused of the murder of a rodeo star.

The Mark of Cain

E2The Mark of Cain

Sep 17, 1975

A boyhood friend pays a visit to Petrocelli and later is arrested on a homicide charge.

Five Yards of Trouble

E3Five Yards of Trouble

Sep 24, 1975

Petrocelli defends a man who, enraged to find his wife posing for a photographer at another man's home, has a reason to be suspected for murder.

Shadow of Fear

E4Shadow of Fear

Oct 1, 1975

A woman tells Petrocelli she has shot her first husband and is shocked when her second husband is arrested for the crime.

Chain of Command

E5Chain of Command

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Oct 8, 1975

Petrocelli's client is a mechanic whose wrench, found bearing his fingerprints, was used to murder the airline executive who fired him.

To See No Evil

E6To See No Evil

Oct 29, 1975

Petrocelli defends a blind woman accused of fatally shooting her boyfriend.

Terror on Wheels

E7Terror on Wheels

Nov 5, 1975

Petrocelli defends a man suspected of murdering a motorcycle-gang member who had been romancing his daughter.

The Gamblers

E8The Gamblers

Nov 12, 1975

When evidence linking a young man to the slaying of his employer makes Petrocelli suspicious, he investigates and uncovers a web of gambling debts and strange burglaries.

Terror By the Book

E9Terror By the Book

Dec 10, 1975

Petrocelli defends a woman accused of murdering her longtime friend, a best-selling author about to publish damaging information about her past.

Face of Evil

E10Face of Evil

Dec 17, 1975

A mysterious woman hires Petrocelli to defend her twin sister, a shy waitress whom she loathes, against a murder charge.

Too Many Alibis

E11Too Many Alibis

Dec 24, 1975

Petrocelli's client is a conscientious black doctor accused of killing the hospital chief of staff, who charged him with incompetence and fired him.

A Deadly Vow

E12A Deadly Vow

Dec 31, 1975

When a woman is arrested for murder, Petrocelli isn't sure he wants the case because she told him earlier she was going to do it.

The Falling Star

E13The Falling Star

Jan 21, 1976

Petrocelli defends a once-famous western actor accused of killing a motion-picture producer.

Survival

E14Survival

Jan 28, 1976

Petrocelli and a suspected burglar, ambushed in the desert, must battle nature to survive.

The Night Visitor

E15The Night Visitor

Feb 4, 1976

Petrocelli's office is ransacked and he becomes the quarry of a couple who will stop at nothing to get the diamond he is supposedly keeping for a mysterious client.

Blood Money

E16Blood Money

Feb 11, 1976

Petrocelli's client is charged with murder when a fraternity-prank kidnapping suddenly becomes deadly realistic.

Any Number Can Die

E17Any Number Can Die

Feb 18, 1976

Everyone connected with a computer theft of government secrets is mysteriously meeting death and Petrocelli may be next.

Six Strings of Guilt

E18Six Strings of Guilt

Feb 25, 1976

Petrocelli must prove a woman innocent of murder when a man who tried to blackmail her is found dead.

Deadly Journey

E19Deadly Journey

Mar 3, 1976

Petrocelli and Ritter offer a lift to an elderly female hitchhiker, who they later learn has been arrested for killing her son's employer.

The Payoff

E20The Payoff

Mar 10, 1976

Tony must defend Maggie's visiting Uncle Roy, who has been accused of the murder of a prostitute.

Shadow of a Doubt

E21Shadow of a Doubt

Mar 17, 1976

Retained to defend a man from a murder charge, Petrocelli faces the possible loss of his license after he is accused of bribing a witness.

Jubilee Jones

E22Jubilee Jones

Mar 24, 1976

An aging former vaudeville star is arrested for killing a night club manager in a dispute over payment.

Storyline

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.

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