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The Locked Room

  • Episode aired Feb 10, 1962
  • TV-14
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
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Robert Reed and E.G. Marshall in The Defenders (1961)
CrimeDrama

The emphasis is on a jury as it deliberates the fate of a woman accused of killing her husband's apparent mistress.The emphasis is on a jury as it deliberates the fate of a woman accused of killing her husband's apparent mistress.The emphasis is on a jury as it deliberates the fate of a woman accused of killing her husband's apparent mistress.

  • Director
    • David Greene
  • Writers
    • Ernest Kinoy
    • Reginald Rose
  • Stars
    • E.G. Marshall
    • Robert Reed
    • Viveca Lindfors
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.2/10
    17
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • David Greene
    • Writers
      • Ernest Kinoy
      • Reginald Rose
    • Stars
      • E.G. Marshall
      • Robert Reed
      • Viveca Lindfors
    • 2User reviews
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    E.G. Marshall
    E.G. Marshall
    • Lawrence Preston
    Robert Reed
    Robert Reed
    • Kenneth Preston
    Viveca Lindfors
    Viveca Lindfors
    • Mady Lorne
    Zachary Scott
    Zachary Scott
    • Jason Lorne
    Inga Swenson
    Inga Swenson
    • Claire Stafford
    William Daniels
    William Daniels
    • Malloy
    Dody Goodman
    Dody Goodman
    • Miss Kalish
    J.D. Cannon
    J.D. Cannon
    • District Attorney Manetto
    Marian Winters
    • Mrs. Coley
    Polly Rowles
    Polly Rowles
    • Helen Donaldson
    Ralph Dunn
    Ralph Dunn
    • The Worried Man
    Ivor Francis
    Ivor Francis
    • The Jury Foreman
    Virginia Donaldson
    • The Matron
    John Gibson
    • The Judge
    Molly McCarthy
    • Mary Fraley
    Albert Paulsen
    Albert Paulsen
    • Mr. Sazeran
    • (as Albert Paulson)
    Rudolf Weiss
    • Arnold Hornback
    William Fort
    • The Reporter
    • Director
      • David Greene
    • Writers
      • Ernest Kinoy
      • Reginald Rose
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    12 Angry Men meet Rashomon
    The genesis of this show, (beyond the 1957 "Studio One" pilot), was Reginald Rose's 12 Angry Men, also done on Studio One in 1954 and made into a well-remembered movie in 1957. In it, a jury examines and debates the guilt or innocence of the accused and their personalities, prejudices and backgrounds influence their viewpoints

    Another famous movie of the 1950's was the Japanese film Rashomon, (1950), in which three travelers give different versions of a tragedy in which a man, traveling with his wife is supposedly murdered by a bandit. In one version the bandit wins a fight with the husband, in another the wife stabs her husband and in the third the husband committed suicide because of his wife's infidelity with the bandit. We are left to decide what really happened - but we don't know. Are we really adequate to judge the actions of others?

    In this episode, Viveca Lindflors is accused to shooting Inga Swensen in the presence of her husband, Zachery Scott. Their story is that she thought there might be prowler in a neighborhood where there had been some crimes recently and shot at someone in a darkened room. No one else knows what really happened. We see the crime re-enacted as various jury members imagine it. The wife is cruel and dominating, she's drunk, she's jealous and angry. The husband is conniving. He's weak. he's rebellious against her domination. The girlfriend is sweet and innocent. She's drunk. She's a gold-digger. The wife shoots her. The husband shoots her. She shoots herself. We never find out what really happened.

    After the verdict, Kenneth Preston asks his father what he thinks actually happened. After much prodding, he says he doesn't want to know and didn't want to, as it would not have changed his defense.
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    • Release date
      • February 10, 1962 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Columbus Park - 67 Mulberry St, Chinatown, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(Lawrence, Ken & Jason Lorne near Columbus Park Pavilion entrance)
    • Production companies
      • Plautus Productions
      • Defender Productions
      • CBS Television Network
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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