Episodes
1. Hannigan
September 15, 1962
60 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Gene Raymond, Donna Douglas, Lloyd Bochner
2. A Split Week in San Quentin
September 22, 1962
60 min
Guest Stars:
Joe De Santis, Jack Weston, Richard Rust, Katharine Ross, Stefan Gierasch
3. Nor Practice Makes Perfect
September 29, 1962
60 min
Guest Stars:
Linda Watkins, Claude Rains, Jerry Ziesmer, John Anderson, Frank Puglia
4. Nothing Equals Nothing
October 6, 1962
60 min
When Sarah Sykes murders her husband, Sam decides her only defense is to plead insanity.
Guest Stars:
Otto Kruger, Nancy Kelly, Constance Ford, Alexander Lockwood, Eddie Hice
5. Tears for a Nobody Doll
October 13, 1962
60 min
Guest Stars:
Miyoshi Umeki, Virginia Gregg, Joanna Barnes, Michael Constantine, Aki Aleong
6. Twenty Aching Years
October 20, 1962
60 min
Guest Stars:
Harry Townes, Robert J. Wilke, Herschel Bernardi, Joanne Linville, Alexander Lockwood
7. Maddon's Folly
October 27, 1962
60 min
Guest Stars:
Robert Lansing, Bernard Kates, Woodrow Parfrey, Vera Miles, Paul Newlan
8. Hear the Mellow Wedding Bells
November 3, 1962
60 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Joseph Schildkraut, Bernard Fein, Ross Elliott, Zohra Lampert, Larry Blyden
9. Life is a Lie, Love is a Cheat
November 10, 1962
60 min
Attractive Carrie Morton, claiming she has been swindled by the man she loves, hires Sam Benedict to sue him for 25,000 dollars.
Guest Stars:
Ed Nelson, Robert H. Harris, Audrey Meadows, Joe Mantell, Paul Newlan
10. The Bird of Warning
November 17, 1962
60 min
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!
Guest Stars:
Diana Hyland, George Tobias, Adam Williams, Henry Beckman, Herschel Graham
11. The View from an Ivory Tower
November 24, 1962
60 min
Guest Stars:
Dan O'Herlihy, Phyllis Avery, Lawrence Dobkin, David Sheiner, Grace Lee Whitney
12. Everyone's Playing Polo
December 14, 1962
60 min
Guest Stars:
Irene Dailey, Joby Baker, Yvonne Craig, Burgess Meredith, Milton Selzer
13. Too Many Strangers
December 8, 1962
60 min
Guest Stars:
Judi Meredith, Bernard Fein, Robert J. Wilke, Michael Parks, Marsha Hunt
14. So Various, So Beautiful
December 15, 1962
60 min
Guest Stars:
Theodore Bikel, Noah Keen, Hazel Court
15. Where There's a Will
December 22, 1962
60 min
Guest Stars:
Frank Overton, Geraldine Brooks, Norman Fell, Susan Gordon
17. Not Even the Gulls Shall Weep
January 5, 1963
60 min
Guest Stars:
Ida Lupino, David Sheiner, J. Pat O'Malley, Karl Swenson, Howard Duff
18. The Boiling Point
January 12, 1963
60 min
Guest Stars:
Kenneth Tobey, Abner Biberman, David Wayne, Elizabeth MacRae, Gary Merrill
19. Green Room, Grey Morning
January 19, 1963
60 min
Guest Stars:
Tige Andrews, Frank Albertson, Ruth Roman
20. Run Softly, Oh Softly
January 26, 1963
60 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Bert Remsen, Lori Martin, Philip Ober, Barbara Stuart, Max Showalter
21. Sugar and Spice and Everything....
February 6, 1963
60 min
Guest Stars:
Arthur O'Connell, Paul Birch, Yvonne Craig, Robert Emhardt, William Schallert
22. Some Fires Die Slowly
February 16, 1963
60 min
Sam defends a man who is accused of arson and insurance fraud.
Guest Stars:
George Mitchell, Betty Field, Barry Sullivan, James MacArthur, Karl Swenson
23. Image of a Toad
February 23, 1963
60 min
Guest Stars:
Doro Merande, Nehemiah Persoff, James Flavin, Beverly Garland, Patricia Huston
24. Seventeen Gypsies and a Sinner Named Charlie
March 2, 1963
60 min
Guest Stars:
Kyle Johnson, Kurt Russell, Ross Elliott, Barry Livingston
25. Accomplice
March 9, 1963
60 min
Guest Stars:
Alexander Lockwood, Eddie Albert, Phillip Pine, Roger Perry, Brock Peters
26. Read No Evil
March 16, 1963
60 min
Guest Stars:
Robert Lansing, Donald Woods, Frank Sinatra Jr., Paul Mantee, Susan Silo
27. Of Rusted Cannons and Fallen Sparrows
March 23, 1963
60 min
Guest Stars:
Michael Strong, Bobby Troup, Greg Morris, Nina Foch, James Anderson