The Court of Last Resort Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

The Gordon Wallace Case

Fri, Oct 4, 1957

Episode 2

The Tomas Mendoza Case

Fri, Oct 11, 1957

Episode 3

The Forbes-Carol Case

Fri, Oct 18, 1957

A young couple, about to be executed for a brutal murder, protest their innocence and appeal to the governor for clemency. The governor calls in the Court of Last Resort.

Episode 4

The Wesley Ferguson Case

Fri, Oct 25, 1957

Episode 5

The George Zaccho Case

Fri, Nov 1, 1957

Episode 6

The Karl Hooft Case

Fri, Nov 8, 1957

On the basis of testimony by one woman, who identified him as the arsonist responsible for a disastrous fire, Karl Hooft was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Episode 7

The Conrad Murray Case

Fri, Nov 15, 1957

Episode 8

The Darlene Fitzgerald Case

Fri, Nov 1, 195730 mins

Episode 9

The James Dawson Case

Fri, Nov 29, 1957

James Dawson calls in the Court of Last Resort just a few days before his execution. A ballistics expert had testified that the bullet which killed a woman gas-station attendant could have been fired from his gun.

Episode 10

The Clarence Redding Case

Fri, Dec 6, 195725 mins

In order to free Clarence Redding, a drifter accused of killing a teenage girl, the Court of Last resort must track down a man who has been killing a number of girls at another location - and who pawned the red jacket he'd been wearing shortly after the murder.

Episode 11

The Jim Thompson Case

Fri, Dec 13, 1957

Episode 12

The John Smith Case

Fri, Dec 20, 195725 mins

John Smith, an orphan turned transient, was accused of the murder of a friend who was also a bum and sent to prison for life. He is set free when it is discovered that his arresting officer beat a confession out of him. Eventually the man John was with at the time of the crime is found and his name is finally cleared for good.

Episode 13

The Westover Case

Fri, Jan 3, 1958

Episode 14

The Arnold McHugh Case

Fri, Jan 10, 1958

When a Broadway actress is found murdered in her apartment, suspicion falls on a theatrical designer who was in love with her. The designer is tried and sentenced to life imprisonment. Later the Court of Last Resort reopens the case.

Episode 15

The Steve Hrdilka Case

Fri, Jan 24, 1958

The picture of a murder victim's eyes proves a man innocent of murder.

Episode 16

The Phillip Huston Case

Fri, Jan 31, 1958

Convicted of a shotgun killing, Phillip Huston appeals to the Court of Last Resort. To avoid an investigation of Huston's case, authorities offer the prisoner a parole.

Episode 17

The Peter Stevens Case

Fri, Feb 7, 1958

The Court of Last Resort employs a lie detector in the case of a mentally challenged youth accused of a strangling. The murder weapon was a leather boot lace which matched a pair of boots found in the boy's possession.

Episode 18

The Lester Arnold Case

Fri, Feb 14, 1958

Lester Arnold is arrested for the murder of a gas station attendance in the basis of eyewitness accounts. The arresting officer has his,doubts and tries to prove Leonard innocent.

Episode 19

The Frank Clark Case

Fri, Feb 21, 1958

The sister of a convicted thief and murderer is convinced he is innocent because he was caring for her at the time of the murder. Tim of the Court of Last Resort feels the only way to clear him is to find the real murderer.

Episode 20

The Jacob Loveless Case

Fri, Feb 28, 1958

Episode 21

The Joe Credo Case

Fri, Mar 7, 1958

Episode 22

The Stephen Lowell Case

Fri, Mar 14, 1958

Stephen Lowell is found guilty of the murder of Carl Johnson, who was in love with Stephen's wife. The body of Johnson was found in Lowell's living room, but he insists that Johnson was depressed and committed suicide. Stephen's wife asks the Court of Last Resort to investigate her husband's case.

Episode 23

The Mary Morales Case

Fri, Mar 21, 195825 mins

Juan Morales walked into a bar after seeing his wife Mary, with another man. But it was his wife who was sent to prison for life. After 6 years, can a new lawyer find her innocent?

Episode 24

The Joel Sheldon Case

Fri, Mar 28, 1958

Joel Sheldon is sentenced to life imprisonment based on the testimony of a doctor although he adamantly claims he shit the victim in self-defense. The Court of Last Redirg is called in to investigate because the transcripts of the trial seem incomplete.

Episode 25

The Todd-Loomis Case

Fri, Apr 4, 1958

Two young college students are convicted of beating a man to death and robbing him. The wealthy father of one of the boys protests that his son would have no motive to kill anyone for money.

Episode 26

The Allen Cutler Case

Fri, Apr 11, 1958