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Pay the Two Bucks

  • Episode aired 1980
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Paris (1979)
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When a good friend is framed for murder due to an extortionist's plot, Paris works to exonerate the innocent man.When a good friend is framed for murder due to an extortionist's plot, Paris works to exonerate the innocent man.When a good friend is framed for murder due to an extortionist's plot, Paris works to exonerate the innocent man.

  • Director
    • Alan Rachins
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    • Steven Bochco
    • Burton Armus
    • David Solomon
  • Stars
    • James Earl Jones
    • Lee Chamberlin
    • Hank Garrett
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    • Director
      • Alan Rachins
    • Writers
      • Steven Bochco
      • Burton Armus
      • David Solomon
    • Stars
      • James Earl Jones
      • Lee Chamberlin
      • Hank Garrett
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    James Earl Jones
    James Earl Jones
    • Woody Paris
    Lee Chamberlin
    Lee Chamberlin
    • Barbara Paris
    Hank Garrett
    Hank Garrett
    • Deputy Chief Jerome Bench
    Cecilia Hart
    Cecilia Hart
    • Stacey Erickson
    Jake Mitchell
    • Charlie Bogart
    Frank Ramírez
    Frank Ramírez
    • Ernie Villas
    • (as Frank Ramirez)
    Michael Warren
    Michael Warren
    • Willie Miller
    Karlene Crockett
    Jonathan Frakes
    Jonathan Frakes
    Karen Landry
    Karen Landry
    Anne Sward
    Anne Sward
    • Director
      • Alan Rachins
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      • Steven Bochco
      • Burton Armus
      • David Solomon
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      The title is based on an old expression 'Pay the two dollars!' which is a reference to a Depression-era Willie Howard vaudeville sketch written by Billy K. Wells. A man is in court to pay a $2 fine for spitting on the subway, but his lawyer insists on fighting the case. As the lawyer incurs greater and greater sentences, his defendant keeps pleading, "Pay the two dollars!"

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      • 1980 (United States)
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      • 1.33 : 1

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