1. Hannigan
1h
15th Sep 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.
Episodes
Cast
Season 1
2. A Split Week in San Quentin
1h
22nd Sep 1962
3. Nor Practice Makes Perfect
1h
29th Sep 1962
4. Nothing Equals Nothing
1h
6th Oct 1962
When Sarah Sykes murders her husband, Sam decides her only defense is to plead insanity.
5. Tears for a Nobody Doll
1h
13th Oct 1962
6. Twenty Aching Years
1h
20th Oct 1962
7. Maddon's Folly
1h
27th Oct 1962
8. Hear the Mellow Wedding Bells
1h
3rd Nov 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.
9. Life is a Lie, Love is a Cheat
1h
10th Nov 1962
Attractive Carrie Morton, claiming she has been swindled by the man she loves, hires Sam Benedict to sue him for 25,000 dollars.
10. The Bird of Warning
1h
17th Nov 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!
11. The View from an Ivory Tower
1h
24th Nov 1962
12. Everyone's Playing Polo
1h
14th Dec 1962
13. Too Many Strangers
1h
8th Dec 1962
14. So Various, So Beautiful
1h
15th Dec 1962
15. Where There's a Will
1h
22nd Dec 1962
16. The Target Over the Hill
1h
29th Dec 1962
17. Not Even the Gulls Shall Weep
1h
5th Jan 1963
18. The Boiling Point
1h
12th Jan 1963
19. Green Room, Grey Morning
1h
19th Jan 1963
20. Run Softly, Oh Softly
1h
26th Jan 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.
21. Sugar and Spice and Everything....
1h
6th Feb 1963
22. Some Fires Die Slowly
1h
16th Feb 1963
Sam defends a man who is accused of arson and insurance fraud.
23. Image of a Toad
1h
23rd Feb 1963
24. Seventeen Gypsies and a Sinner Named Charlie
1h
2nd Mar 1963
25. Accomplice
1h
9th Mar 1963
26. Read No Evil
1h
16th Mar 1963
27. Of Rusted Cannons and Fallen Sparrows
1h
23rd Mar 1963
28. Season For Vengeance
1h
30th Mar 1963
First air date
15th Sep 1962
Last air date
30th Mar 1963
Status
Ended
Type
Scripted
Original language
en