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For the People Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

13 Episodes 1965 - 1965

Episode 1

To Prosecute All Crimes

Sun, Jan 31, 1965 60 mins

Assistant New York District Attorney Cliff Sellers takes his cases to the street to find out the truth.

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Episode 2

Guilt Shall Not Escape nor Innocence Suffer

Sun, Feb 14, 1965 60 mins

Vagrant Samuel Chapin (Paul Hartman), arrested for burglary and assaulting an officer, admits to the assault but denies the theft. Koster: William Shatner. Dutka: Tom Carlin. Jameson: Walter Moulder. Mrs. Krug: Ruth White. Krist: Andrew Duggan. Phyllis: Jessica Walter. Weed: Carl Low.

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Episode 3

The Influence of Fear

Sun, Feb 21, 1965 60 mins

A Puerto Rican boy is charged with murdering an elderly woman and the public is clamoring for a death sentence. Koster: William Shatner. Raphael: Jaime Sanchez. Willard: Phil Bosco. Doctor: Sam Gray. Miss Brandon: Diana Douglas. Kojek: Nicholas Colasanto. Malloy: Lonny Chapman.

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Episode 4

Act of Violence

Sun, Feb 28, 1965 60 mins

Emotionally disturbed Robert Bauer (Jeffrey Rowland) kills his teacher during an argument. Koster: William Shatner. Wiseman: Nehemiah Persoff. Dr. Steffen: Joseph Campanella. Jean: Joan Lorring. Bauer: Joseph Anthony.

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Episode 5

Between Candor and Shame

Sun, Mar 7, 1965 60 mins

After a detective arrests a bookstore owner for displaying an allegedly obscene novel, the man (Phi1 Leeds) files suit for false arrest and defamation. Koster: William Shatner. Phyllis: Jessica Walter. Horrell: Lloyd Gough. Attorney: John C. Becher. Mrs. Horrell: Neva Patterson. Jameson: Walter Moulder.

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Episode 6

The Killing of One Human Being

Sun, Mar 14, 1965 60 mins

Koster (William Shatner) is certain Louis Cahane, charged with first-degree murder, will be convicted. But Cahane, for some reason, is sure he'll go free. Cahane: Martin Sheen. Phyllis: Jessica Walter. Mrs. Murray: Peggy Wood. Madigan: Larry Haines. Willard: Philip Bosco. Miller: James Broderick.

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Episode 7

Dangerous to the Public Peace and Safety

Sun, Mar 21, 1965 60 mins

The police search for an emotionally disturbed teen-ager suspected of killing six girls. Koster: William Shatner. Phyllis: Jessica Walter. Buddy: Tony Bill. Terry: Lesley Ann Warren. Corrina: Sally Gracie. Holland: William Roerick. Sweet William: David Doyle. Malloy: Lonny Chapman. Celese: Howard Da Silva. Marco: Jerome Raphael.

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Episode 8

Secure Any Special Privilege or Advantage

Sun, Mar 28, 1965 60 mins

Actor Ernie Garatella is picked up for impersonating an officer. Garatella: Dick Shawn. Edna: Carol Rossen. Koster: William Shatner. Phyllis: Jessica Walter. Smithson: Lou Polan. Foreman: Frank Campanella. Captain: Joe Warren. Griggs: John C. Becher.

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Episode 9

The Right to Kill

Sun, Apr 4, 1965 60 mins

A prison guard claims he killed in self-defense, but the evidence points in the direction of murder. Whaley: Gary Merrill. Celese: Howard Da Silva. Koster: William Shatner. Phyllis: Jessica Walter. Ellen: Polly Rowles. Herrick: Horace McMahon. Johnson: Al Freeman Jr. Roth: Paul Sparer.

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Episode 10

With Intent to Influence

Sun, Apr 11, 1965 60 mins

A high official suppresses evidence of his involvement in an old political scandal: the truth will cost him a state-assembly nomination. Celese: Howard Da Silva. Koster: William Shatner. Carol: Lee Grant. Mallet: Larry Gates. Genessee: John Beal. Hart: George Tyne. Canfield: John Randolph.

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Episode 11

Seized, Confined and Detained

Sun, Apr 25, 1965 60 mins

Young Bobby Haviland (Christopher Man) is kidnapped---and he's a diabetic who requires a daily dose of insulin. Koster: William Shatner. Larkin: Don Francks. Haviland: Lloyd Bochner. Vickers: Logan Ramsey. Reynolds: John Henry Faulk. Maria: Ellen McRae. Celese: Howard Da Silva. Malloy: Lonny Chapman. Phyllis: Jessica Walter.

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Episode 12

Any Benevolent Purpose

Sun, May 2, 1965 60 mins

After being arrested, a small-time con man (William Daniels) accuses the executive director of a multimillion-dollar charity of taking kickbacks. Vance: James Whitmore. Malloy: Lonny Chapman. Koster: William Shatner. Phyllis: Jessica Walter. Newman: Eduard Franz. Celese: Howard Da Silva. Jameson: Walter Moulder.

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Episode 13

A Competent Witness

Sun, May 9, 1965 60 mins

Ex-convict Joe Turker (Ned Glass) has identified a policeman's killer---but Koster can't count on his testimony being believed in court. Hyman: Larry Haines. Koster: William Shatner. Fishman: Arny Freeman. Malloy: Lonny Chapman. Lupton: Lou Antonio. Officer: James Dukas. Berkowitz: Al Waxman. Celese: Howard Da Silva.

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