The Trials of O'Brien

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1965

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Season 1
Episodes

EP 2: Bargain Day on the Street of Regret

O'Brien wins the contract of boxer Joe Rooney (Robert Blake) in a dice game, but the pugnacious Rooney is in jail for stealing mon...

EP 3: Notes on a Spanish Prisoner

Eva Grimaldi (Mary Tahmin) cons the con: she borrows $2500 from her boyfriend Ollie Maxwell (Buddy Hackett) to ransom her million...

EP 4: Never Bet on Anything That Talks

O'Brien's English bookie is charged in the death of an accountant, but the person who can clear him is nowhere to be found....

EP 5: What Can Go Wrong

After discovering that a man is dating his ex-wife (Joanna Barnes), O'Brien delightedly sets him up as a "pigeon" in order to trap...

EP 6: Goodbye and Keep Cool

A woman (Cloris Leachman) is accused of murdering her husband, and retains O'Brien to defend her. Guest star: Robert Loggia....

EP 7: A Gaggle of Girls

O'Brien is retained by a Mother Superior in order to persuade the owner of an adjoining cafe to permit St. Anthony's Youth Center ...

EP 8: The Trouble with Archie

O'Brien investigates the death of a partner in the Seventh Avenue Dress House where his ex-wife works. Guest stars: Lou Jacobi, Th...

EP 9: How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?

A "heist artist" who is accused of fatally stabbing a dealer of rare violins is defended by O'Brien. Guest stars: Norman Fell, Dan...

EP 10: Charlie Has All the Luck

While being bugged by his ex-wife to sign the lease on her luxurious apartment, O'Brien must defend a client involved in a fatal s...

EP 11: Picture Me a Murder

O'Brien represents a movie producer (Alan Alda) who was charged with resisting arrest while filming an "underground" movie. Guest ...

EP 12: Dead End on Flugel Street

A burlesque comedian (Milton Berle) is involved in murder when his straight man is killed after making advances on the comedian's ...

EP 13: No Justice for the Judge

An eccentric judge (Burgess Meredith) engages O'Brien to represent him on charges of mental disability that could remove him from ...

EP 14: Leave It to Me

O'Brien tries to have a will declared invalid before three greedy heirs (Angela Lansbury, George Rose and Thayer David) kill each ...

EP 15: Alarums and Excursions

A foster father (John McGiver), who is content to keep collecting welfare checks, hires O'Brien to keep seven children with him af...

EP 16: The 10-Foot, 6-Inch Pole

Accountant Jerry Quinlan was an apparent suicide, until it is discovered that he had questions and suspicions about his company's ...

EP 17: A Horse Called Destiny

O'Brien represents a spiritualist in the murder of a wealthy client whose death he has predicted....

EP 18: The Blue Steel Suite

Protesting their living conditions, the prisoners of the state prison's isolation cell block have taken 3 hostages whom they will ...

EP 19: The Partridge Papers

James Partridge, who once worked for British Intelligence, believes he was the target of a hit and run driver who was responsible ...

EP 20: The Greatest Game (1)

""WANTED - Macedonian Art Objects, 17th Century, Contact:Daniel J O'Brien"" With this ad in a Manhatten peoper, O'Brien begins a...

EP 21: The Greatest Game (2)

O'Brien's negotiations for the Viktor Emblem get more complicated when the person holding it has his life threatened....

EP 22: The Only Game in Town

Taking the bench as an interim judge on the New York Supreme Court, O'Brien deals with the case of a seaman (Alejandro Rey) accuse...

Overview

The Trials of O'Brien is a 1965 television series starring Peter Falk as a sordid Shakespeare-quoting lawyer and featuring Elaine Stritch as his secretary and Joanna Barnes as his ex-wife. The series ran for only 22 episodes. Among its guest stars: Milton Berle, Robert Blake, David Carradine, Faye Dunaway, Britt Ekland, Tammy Grimes, Buddy Hackett, Gene Hackman, Frank Langella, Angela Lansbury, Cloris Leachman, Roger Moore, Rita Moreno, Estelle Parsons, Joanna Pettet, Brock Peters, Tony Roberts and Martin Sheen. Falk often said that he actually liked this financially unsuccessful series much better than his later smash-hit Columbo.

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Episodes >>

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Episode 1

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Bargain Day on the Street of Regret

Episode 2

O'Brien wins the contract of boxer Joe Rooney (Robert Blake) in a dice game, but...

Notes on a Spanish Prisoner

Episode 3

Eva Grimaldi (Mary Tahmin) cons the con: she borrows $2500 from her boyfriend O...

Never Bet on Anything That Talks

Episode 4

O'Brien's English bookie is charged in the death of an accountant, but the perso...

What Can Go Wrong

Episode 5

After discovering that a man is dating his ex-wife (Joanna Barnes), O'Brien deli...

Goodbye and Keep Cool

Episode 6

A woman (Cloris Leachman) is accused of murdering her husband, and retains O'Bri...

A Gaggle of Girls

Episode 7

O'Brien is retained by a Mother Superior in order to persuade the owner of an ad...

The Trouble with Archie

Episode 8

O'Brien investigates the death of a partner in the Seventh Avenue Dress House wh...

How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?

Episode 9

A "heist artist" who is accused of fatally stabbing a dealer of rare violins is ...

Charlie Has All the Luck

Episode 10

While being bugged by his ex-wife to sign the lease on her luxurious apartment, ...

Picture Me a Murder

Episode 11

O'Brien represents a movie producer (Alan Alda) who was charged with resisting a...

Dead End on Flugel Street

Episode 12

A burlesque comedian (Milton Berle) is involved in murder when his straight man ...

No Justice for the Judge

Episode 13

An eccentric judge (Burgess Meredith) engages O'Brien to represent him on charge...

Leave It to Me

Episode 14

O'Brien tries to have a will declared invalid before three greedy heirs (Angela ...

Alarums and Excursions

Episode 15

A foster father (John McGiver), who is content to keep collecting welfare checks...

The 10-Foot, 6-Inch Pole

Episode 16

Accountant Jerry Quinlan was an apparent suicide, until it is discovered that he...

A Horse Called Destiny

Episode 17

O'Brien represents a spiritualist in the murder of a wealthy client whose death ...

The Blue Steel Suite

Episode 18

Protesting their living conditions, the prisoners of the state prison's isolatio...

The Partridge Papers

Episode 19

James Partridge, who once worked for British Intelligence, believes he was the t...

The Greatest Game (1)

Episode 20

""WANTED - Macedonian Art Objects, 17th Century, Contact:Daniel J O'Brien"" Wi...

The Greatest Game (2)

Episode 21

O'Brien's negotiations for the Viktor Emblem get more complicated when the perso...

The Only Game in Town

Episode 22

Taking the bench as an interim judge on the New York Supreme Court, O'Brien deal...