Episodes
1. Quality of Mercy
September 16, 1961
60 min
Dr. Bill Conrad's patient, Leona Warner, delivers a baby with Down Syndrome.
Guest Stars:
Jack Klugman, Gene Hackman, Philip Abbott, Polly Rowles, Joan Hackett
2. Killer Instinct
7.0
September 23, 1961
51 min
When mild-mannered Jim McLeery kills an abusive stranger, it seems a clear-cut case of self-defense. But the prosecution reveals that, in his army days, McCleery was trained to kill.
Guest Stars:
William Shatner, Joanne Linville, Mitchell Ryan, George Mitchell, Polly Rowles
3. Death Across the Counter
September 30, 1961
60 min
Guest Stars:
Frank McHugh, Clu Gulager, Harry Townes, Polly Rowles
4. The Riot
October 7, 1961
60 min
Guest Stars:
Fritz Weaver, Ossie Davis, Frank Sutton, Polly Rowles
6. The Boy Between
October 21, 1961
60 min
Guest Stars:
Barnard Hughes, Norma Crane, Polly Rowles, Joan Hackett
7. The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms
October 28, 1961
60 min
Frank Gorshin stars as an impressionist accused of murder who claims he's innocent because ""Jimmy Cagney did it""—and breaks into his multiple personality of Cagney on the witness stand as the Prestons are questioning him.
Guest Stars:
Frank Gorshin, Sam Wanamaker, Frank Overton, Polly Rowles
9. The Trial of Jenny Scott
November 11, 1961
60 min
Guest Stars:
Pat Hingle, Simon Oakland, Mary Fickett, Polly Rowles
10. The Man with the Concrete Thumb
November 18, 1961
60 min
Guest Stars:
Loring Smith, Fred Stewart, Joan Hackett
11. The Treadmill
November 25, 1961
60 min
Guest Stars:
Edward Binns, Leora Dana, Alfred Ryder, Val Avery, Polly Rowles
12. Perjury
8.0
December 2, 1961
60 min
Guest Stars:
Robert Loggia, Robert Duvall, Malachi Throne, Polly Rowles
13. The Attack
December 9, 1961
60 min
Guest Stars:
Richard Kiley, Barbara Barrie, Nancy Marchand, Martin Sheen, Polly Rowles
14. The Prowler
December 16, 1961
60 min
Guest Stars:
Mary Michael, Kent Smith, Frank Overton, Polly Rowles, Joan Hackett
15. Gideon's Follies
December 23, 1961
60 min
Guest Stars:
Conrad Bain, Eva Gabor, Julie Newmar, Zohra Lampert, Polly Rowles
16. The Best Defense
December 30, 1961
60 min
Guest Stars:
Kenneth Konopka, Martin Balsam, Polly Rowles
17. The Bedside Murder
January 6, 1962
60 min
Guest Stars:
Sam Jaffe, Murray Hamilton, Alexander Scourby, Polly Rowles
19. Storm at Birch Glen
January 27, 1962
60 min
Guest Stars:
James Broderick, Dolores Sutton, Polly Rowles
20. The Point Shaver
February 3, 1962
60 min
Stacy Phillips, star college basketball player, is accused of taking money from gambler Vince Fargo to fix a game. The Presons, alumni of the college, are hired to defend Phillips before the State's Senate Rackets Committee.
Guest Stars:
Crahan Denton, Polly Rowles
21. The Locked Room
February 10, 1962
60 min
Guest Stars:
Zachary Scott, William Daniels, J.D. Cannon, Polly Rowles
22. The Empty Chute
February 17, 1962
60 min
Guest Stars:
Jerry Stiller, Michael Strong, Polly Rowles
23. The Crusader
February 24, 1962
60 min
Guest Stars:
Warren Stevens, Anne Meacham, Roland Winters
24. The Hickory Indian
March 3, 1962
60 min
Guest Stars:
George Voskovec, Murray Hamilton, Larry Gates, Sylvia Miles, Polly Rowles
25. The Iron Man
March 10, 1962
60 min
Guest Stars:
Robert Gerringer, John Alexander, Ken Kercheval, Lester Rawlins, Pat Henning
27. The Last Six Months
9.0
March 31, 1962
60 min
Arthur Hill plays a man with six months to live--he kills his business partner in a fit of rage when the man refuses to help support his family after he has died.
Guest Stars:
Arthur Hill, J.D. Cannon, George Mitchell
28. The Naked Heiress
April 7, 1962
60 min
Guest Stars:
Salome Jens, Howard St. John, Glenda Farrell
31. Along Came a Spider
May 5, 1962
60 min
Guest Stars:
Michael Higgins, James Earl Jones, Kathleen Maguire, Paul Hartman, Bette Henritze
