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
Guest Stars:
Joe De Santis, Jack Weston, Richard Rust, Katharine Ross, Stefan Gierasch
Guest Stars:
Linda Watkins, Claude Rains, Jerry Ziesmer, John Anderson, Frank Puglia
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
Guest Stars:
Miyoshi Umeki, Virginia Gregg, Joanna Barnes, Michael Constantine, Aki Aleong
Guest Stars:
Harry Townes, Robert J. Wilke, Herschel Bernardi, Joanne Linville, Alexander Lockwood
Guest Stars:
Robert Lansing, Bernard Kates, Woodrow Parfrey, Vera Miles, Paul Newlan
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
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
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
Guest Stars:
Dan O'Herlihy, Phyllis Avery, Lawrence Dobkin, David Sheiner, Grace Lee Whitney
Guest Stars:
Irene Dailey, Joby Baker, Yvonne Craig, Burgess Meredith, Milton Selzer
Guest Stars:
Judi Meredith, Bernard Fein, Robert J. Wilke, Michael Parks, Marsha Hunt
Guest Stars:
Theodore Bikel, Noah Keen, Hazel Court
Guest Stars:
Frank Overton, Geraldine Brooks, Norman Fell, Susan Gordon
Guest Stars:
Ida Lupino, David Sheiner, J. Pat O'Malley, Karl Swenson, Howard Duff
Guest Stars:
Kenneth Tobey, Abner Biberman, David Wayne, Elizabeth MacRae, Gary Merrill
Guest Stars:
Tige Andrews, Frank Albertson, Ruth Roman
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
Guest Stars:
Arthur O'Connell, Paul Birch, Yvonne Craig, Robert Emhardt, William Schallert
Sam defends a man who is accused of arson and insurance fraud.
Guest Stars:
George Mitchell, Betty Field, Barry Sullivan, James MacArthur, Karl Swenson
Guest Stars:
Doro Merande, Nehemiah Persoff, James Flavin, Beverly Garland, Patricia Huston
Guest Stars:
Kyle Johnson, Kurt Russell, Ross Elliott, Barry Livingston
Guest Stars:
Alexander Lockwood, Eddie Albert, Phillip Pine, Roger Perry, Brock Peters
Guest Stars:
Robert Lansing, Donald Woods, Frank Sinatra Jr., Paul Mantee, Susan Silo
Guest Stars:
Michael Strong, Bobby Troup, Greg Morris, Nina Foch, James Anderson