Arrest and Trial The Best There Is (Season 1, Episode 21)
TV Episode | 75 min | Crime, Drama

Arrest and Trial

The Best There Is (Season 1, Episode 21)

TV Episode | 75 min | Crime, Drama

An overworked Egan asks his mentor to take over the defense of a poor Hispanic man charged with robbery and murder, but his mentor's senility has a serious impact on the man's defense.

Director

Leon Benson

Writers

Herb Meadow (teleplay) (story) (series developed in association with) | William Link (story) | Richard Levinson (story by)

Producer

Charles Russell

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 16, 1964

Release date

Feb 16, 1964 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmy Awards.

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Cast	+ Add Cast
20 cast members

Name	Known for
Ben Gazzara Det. Sgt. Nick Anderson Det. Sgt. Nick Anderson See fewer	Road House (1989)
Chuck Connors John Egan John Egan See fewer	Soylent Green (1973)
John Larch Deputy District Attorney Jerry Miller Deputy District Attorney Jerry Miller See fewer	Dirty Harry (1971)
Roger Perry Det. Sgt. Dan Kirby Det. Sgt. Dan Kirby See fewer	Star Trek (1966)
John Kerr Assistant Deputy District Attorney Barry Pine Assistant Deputy District Attorney Barry Pine See fewer	Tea and Sympathy (1956)
Arthur O'Connell Andrew Sheridan Andrew Sheridan See fewer	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Don Galloway Mitchell Harris Mitchell Harris See fewer	The Big Chill (1983)
Joe Higgins Jake Shakespeare Jake Shakespeare See fewer	Arrest and Trial (1963)
Noah Keen Det. Lt. Bone Det. Lt. Bone See fewer	Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
Nobuko Miyamoto Janet Okada (as Jo Anne Miya) Janet Okada (as Jo Anne Miya) See fewer	West Side Story (1961)
Merry Anders Joyce Joyce See fewer	Tickle Me (1965)
Rudy Bond Placido Sanchez Placido Sanchez See fewer	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Steve Brodie Ed Floyd Ed Floyd See fewer	Out of the Past (1947)
Marianna Hill Dolores Lucio Dolores Lucio See fewer	High Plains Drifter (1973)
Ken Lynch Det. Lt. Tom Handley Det. Lt. Tom Handley See fewer	North by Northwest (1959)
Eve McVeagh Mrs. Nello Mrs. Nello See fewer	High Noon (1952)
Erin O'Brien-Moore Mrs. Sheridan Mrs. Sheridan See fewer	Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935)
Alejandro Rey Rudy Sanchez Rudy Sanchez See fewer	The Flying Nun (1967)
Adam Roarke Sgt. Kelliher Sgt. Kelliher See fewer	El Dorado (1966)
Robert F. Simon Judge James Shaw Judge James Shaw See fewer	Operation Petticoat (1959)