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7.1/10   29 votes
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Director:
Buzz Kulik
Writers:
Jerry McNeely (screenplay)
Jerry McNeely (story)
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Release Date:
12 September 1971 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A successful lawyer defends a hippie accused of murdering a wealthy housewife. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Arthur Hill ... Owen Marshall

Vera Miles ... Joan Baldwin
Joseph Campanella ... Dr. Eric Gibson

William Shatner ... District Attorney Dave Blankenship

Bruce Davison ... Raymond 'Cowboy' Leatherberry

Tim Matheson ... Jim McGuire

Dana Wynter ... Judge Lynn Oliver
Ramon Bieri ... Dr. Thomas Hershey
Sorrell Booke ... Murray Gale
Christine Matchett ... Melissa Marshall
Rick Lenz ... Baird Marshall

Joan Darling ... Frieda Krause
Walter Brooke ... Dr. Ray Baldwin
Kathleen Lloyd ... Gloria Leatherberry
Don 'Red' Barry ... Innkeeper (as Donald Barry)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Pattern of Morality (USA) (alternative title)
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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Company:
Groverton Productions more

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Subsequent series much better than overwrought pilot, 23 June 2004
4/10
Author: herbqedi from New York, NY

It's amazing that Arthur Hill eventually got to make Owen Marshall into an interesting lawyer who shared honestly with the audience how he sometimes needed to wrestle with ethical boundaries. It's amazing the character got to live for four years on network television considering this overwrought and failed attempt at contemporary (circa 1971) relevance. The normally redoubtable Buzz Kulik, normally among the best at taut made-for-TV drama, instead gets extremely overwrought and heavily cliched performances from the entire cast. As a result, Hill's Marshall comes across as unbearably stiff in comparison.

The far-fetched plot makes little sense, and Lee Majors is unbearably wooden as the purported voice of the new generation. If you have fond memories of the TV series and get the opportunity to see this made-for-TV pilot movie, preserve your image and hope that series episodes eventually wend their way to DVD. This hopelessly muddled mess is simply not worth watching.

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