Sam Benedict

1962
1 Seasons
28 Episodes
6 (2)
Ended

Sam Benedict is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from September 1962 to March 1963. The series was created and executive produced by E. Jack Neuman. Sam Benedict is based on real-life lawyer Jacob W. "Jake" Erlich, who served as technical consultant for the series.

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Seasons

28. Season For Vengeance

March 30, 1963

27. Of Rusted Cannons and Fallen Sparrows

March 23, 1963

26. Read No Evil

March 16, 1963

25. Accomplice

March 09, 1963

24. Seventeen Gypsies and a Sinner Named Charlie

March 02, 1963

23. Image of a Toad

February 23, 1963

22. Some Fires Die Slowly

February 16, 1963

Sam defends a man who is accused of arson and insurance fraud.

21. Sugar and Spice and Everything....

February 06, 1963

20. Run Softly, Oh Softly

January 26, 1963

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.

19. Green Room, Grey Morning

January 19, 1963

18. The Boiling Point

January 12, 1963

17. Not Even the Gulls Shall Weep

January 05, 1963

16. The Target Over the Hill

December 29, 1962

15. Where There's a Will

December 22, 1962

14. So Various, So Beautiful

December 15, 1962

13. Too Many Strangers

December 08, 1962

12. Everyone's Playing Polo

December 14, 1962

11. The View from an Ivory Tower

November 24, 1962

10. The Bird of Warning

November 17, 1962

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!

9. Life is a Lie, Love is a Cheat

November 10, 1962

Attractive Carrie Morton, claiming she has been swindled by the man she loves, hires Sam Benedict to sue him for 25,000 dollars.

8. Hear the Mellow Wedding Bells

November 03, 1962

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.

7. Maddon's Folly

October 27, 1962

6. Twenty Aching Years

October 20, 1962

5. Tears for a Nobody Doll

October 13, 1962

4. Nothing Equals Nothing

October 06, 1962

When Sarah Sykes murders her husband, Sam decides her only defense is to plead insanity.

3. Nor Practice Makes Perfect

September 29, 1962

2. A Split Week in San Quentin

September 22, 1962

1. Hannigan

September 15, 1962

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.