True Stories - Real Justice
26 - 1/2 hr. Programs - B&W - RT: approx. 28 min. ea.
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Series Synopsis
A group of seven men, experts in their legal fields,
respond to pleas of innocence from convicted murderers.
At times with only days before their execution,
the group's investigative discoveries of buried evidence or
new facts would initiate another trial or possible pardon.
Some go free and some do not.
Featuring
Lyle Bettger as Sam Larsen
Paul Birch as Erle Stanley Gardner
Charles Meredith as Dr. LeMoyne Snyder
Robert H. Harris as Raymond Schindler
Carleton Young as Harry Steeger
John Launer as Marshall Houts
John Maxwell as Alex Gregory
Robert Anderson as Park Street, Jr
Starring
Dozens of Notables replaying the accounts
as written in the court transcripts.
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F I N A L HOPE: THE GORDON WALLACE CASE
Synopsis: Murder wasn't uncommon when the
mob was ruling the streets.
After 22 years of sitting behind bars for a crime he
claims he didn't commit, a New England murder is
reenacted to uncover new evidence.
Robert McQueeney .... Wallace
Barney Phillips ..... MacKenzie
Gary Vinson .... Young Gordon Wallace
Amzie Strickland .... Marion
John Anderson ....... Phil
Lorna Thayer ........ Beth
Bill Lundmark ....... Trimble
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F I N A L HOPE: THE TOMAS MENDOZA CASE
Synopsis: A police officer is shot dead by a hitchhiker.
The small town finds an immigrant drifter to convict.
After years of learning English and
being a good inmate, the prison Priest calls in
for some help to investigate the facts.
Robert Blake ....... Tomas Mendoza
Alexander Campbell... Frederick Bixby
Robert H. Harris .... Raymond Schindler
Peggy Maley ......... Mrs. Brower
Joe Maross .......... Father Burke
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F I N A L HOPE: THE FORBES-CARROLL CASE
Synopsis: A young couple trying to make a
new start for themselves
are convicted of a violent murder.
With the couple having only days remaining to live,
the investigators go to work in finding the truth.
Michael Landon ...... Thomas Forbes
Carol Leigh ......... Susan Carol
Onslow Stevens ...... Puckett
George Selk ......... Ron
Barry Kelley ........ Smallwood
Joyce Jameson ....... Eve
Guest appearance:
Jack Kruschen ....... Morning
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F I N A L HOPE: THE WESLEY FERGUSON CASE
Synopsis: A convicted murderer earns the privilege
of TRUSTY and uses
the advantage to prove his innocence.
The investigators are asked to examine the facts.
Denver Pyle ......... Wesley Ferguson
Ken Patterson ....... Scott
Philip Bourneuf ..... Costi
Celia Lovsky ........ Mrs. Costi
Anne Seymour ........ Martha
Rosa Turich ......... Rita
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F I N A L HOPE: THE GEORGE ZACCHO CASE
Synopsis: A Greek Fisherman is convicted
of poisoning his wife.
His convincing plea of innocence gets
the investigators to discover
reasons for a new trial.
Bob Knapp ........... Kowell
Renata Vanni ........ Anna
Irene Tedrow ........ Vera
Nico Minardos ....... Alex
Adonis de Milo ...... Godopolis
Lilyan Chauvin ...... Margarite
John Verros ......... Fisherman
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F I N A L HOPE: THE KARL HOOFT CASE
Synopsis: A man is convicted of burning down a care home
and killing some of it's tenants.
After 16 years of pleas from family, the group of experts are
asked to investigate the case for new evidence.
Karl Lukas ......... Karl Hooft
Gail Kobe .......... Anna Jablowska
Evelyn Scott ....... Helen
Raft Burns ......... Rabsky
Sara Taft .......... Mrs. Wayne
Gage Clarke ........ Roberts
Tom Greenway ....... Stanley
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F I N A L HOPE: THE CONRAD MURRAY CASE
Synopsis: A young man shoots down the owners of
a grocery store. Serving his time, 34 years later of
good service to the prison system, he shows remorse
and appears rehabilitated.
The prison warden calls for the group of experts to
examine the inmate's progress and
submit a request for a new parole hearing.
Vaughn Taylor .......... Conrad Murray
Carl Benton Reid ....... Warden Barrett
Stafford Repp .......... Richard Phillips
Alexander Lockwood ..... Everett Miles
Jeanne Bates ........... Mrs. Phillips
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F I N A L HOPE: THE DARLENE FITZGERALD CASE
Synopsis: Two women battle over one man.
After a trip down a mine shaft, it took Darlene
three years of claiming her innocence before
she attracted the interest
of the investigators to examine the evidence.
Peggy McCay ......... Darlene Fitzgerald
Jean Carson ......... Myra North
Stacy Harris ........ Richard Wesson
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F I N A L HOPE: THE JAMES DAWSON CASE
Synopsis: A man pleads with the group of experts
to look over all the facts in the
killing of a gas station attendant.
Don Dubbins ......... James Dawson
Alan Gifford ........ George Hallis
Robert Carricart .... Hallas
Robert H. Harris .... Raymond Schindler
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F I N A L HOPE: THE CLARENCE REDDING CASE
Synopsis: The East Coast was victim to a man known
for the "Lipstick Murders".
In one of those small towns a homeless man
was convicted of killing a girl.
The investigative team is called in and takes part
in finally solving the haunting case...
...just weeks before man's execution date.
John Bleifer ........ Clarence Redding
Parley Baer ......... Constable Stokes
Robert Crawford ..... Tommy
Fred Kruger ......... George
Perry Ivins ......... Welling
Helen Andrews ....... Florence
Kay Stewart ......... Lucy
Joe Kearns .......... Harold
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F I N A L HOPE: THE JIM THOMPSON CASE
Synopsis: Murder takes place on a Indian reservation.
Convicted of killing his wife, his defense lawyer works
on convincing the investigators to step in and help.
Henry Brandon ....... Jim Thompson
Wallace Ford ........ William Markham
Jaclynne Greene ..... Wauna
Norman Fredric ...... Redfern
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F I N A L HOPE: THE JOHN SMITH CASE
Synopsis: After serving 22 years for a murder
he claims he did not commit,the prison warden finally
calls in the team of experts to take a look at his case.
Than Wyenn .......... John Smith
Jack Reitzen ........ Victor Raggio
Naomi Stevens ....... Martha
Roy Engel ........... Captain Briggs
Paul Fix ............ Warden Avery
Karl Swenson ........ Holstad
Olan Soule .......... Webster
Joe Mell ............ Grocer
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F I N A L HOPE: THE WESTOVER CASE
Synopsis: A father and son are sentenced to prison for
a murder decided on eyewitness testimony.
The arresting officer has second thoughts about his part
and asks for the experts to examine the evidence.
Stuart Whitman ....... Gene Westover
Robert Wilke ......... Frank Westover
Robert Burton ........ Officer Eldon Cox
Harry Landers ........ Dan Tucker
Fay Roope ............ Tackberry
Chris Alcaide ........ Enright
Clem Bevans .......... Proctor
Michael Hinn ......... Downer
Lee Roberts .......... Deputy
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F I N A L HOPE: THE ARNOLD McHUGH CASE
Synopsis: An actress is murdered and the
Production Designer is convicted for the crime.
Public demand pushed the man behind bars
and his appeals to the group of experts
gets the case reopened.
Les Tremayne ......... Arnold McHugh
Norman Twain ......... Dennis McHugh
Barbara Bestar ....... Sue
Paula Winslowe ....... Doris McHugh
Margo Woods .......... Frances Wynans
Maurice Manson ....... Ames
Jim Maloney .......... Pitt
Donald Lawton ........ Doubleday
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F I N A L HOPE: THE STEVE HRDLIKA CASE
Synopsis: An employee is involved with his
employer's daughter.
The boss is not good with this,
looses his cool only to end up dead cold.
The daughter fights for her man's innocence and
brings in the investigative team to do what they can,
within days of his execution.
Charles Bronson ...... Steve Hrdilka
Norma Moore .......... Wilma Neal
Francis X. Bushman ... Priest
Richard Kelgh ........ Dr. Barlow
Herbert Lytton ....... Victim
Roy Barcroft ......... Dobson
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F I N A L HOPE: THE PHILLIP HOUSTON CASE
Synopsis: Convicted for killing his old girlfriend,
a recently fired rifle found in his
apartment closes the case.
After discovering a cover-up, a parole is offered
but denied by the convicted.
He wants a new trial.
Ross Martin .......... Phillip Huston
Richard Anderson ..... Harold Quinn
Harry Bartell ........ Dennis McComb
Paul Lambert ......... Michael Hoffman
Ken Lynch ............ Sherman Pickard
Francis J. McDonald ...... Turk
Maurice Wells ........ Daly
Barbara Marshall ..... Alice
Warren Parker ........ Lutrell
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F I N A L HOPE: THE PETER STEVENS CASE
Synopsis: A mentally disabled boy is convicted of
strangling a young girl with a
boot lace matching his own.
A lie detector test is used to help find the truth.
Jim Oberlin ........... Peter Stevens
John Maxwell .......... Alex Gregory
Susan Whitney ......... Janet Craig
Eve McVeagh ........... Edith Elwell
Robert Ellenstein ..... Dr. Farrell
Edward Binns .......... Melvin Cressler
John Mylong ........... Joseph Stevens
Mary Jane Croft ....... Mrs. Craig
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F I N A L HOPE: THE LESTER ARNOLD CASE
Synopsis: A hitchhiker is convicted of a gas station
robbery and murder.
A ball cap might set the story straight.
Thomas Peters ......... Lester Arnold
Jeanette Nolan ........ Mrs. Hadley
Marshall Thompson ..... Officer Bentley
Forrest Lewis ......... Rossen
Jon Silo .............. Attendant
Patric Clement ........ Dykstra
Peter Mamakos ......... Hallran
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F I N A L HOPE: THE FRANK CLARK CASE
Synopsis: A young man robs and kills an
older man in his apartment.
The young man's sister fights for his proof of
innocence and asks the experts
to step in to investigate the case.
Dan Barton ............ Frank Clark
Harold Stone .......... Captain Cunningham
Virginia Vincent ...... Eleanor Stacey
Gene Roth ............. Peter Lucenic
Stanley Adams ......... Paul Farrell
Marian Seldes ......... Roberta Farrell
Joseph Granby ......... Mr. Mitchell
Bud Doty .............. Vaccaro
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F I N A L HOPE: THE JACOB LOVELESS CASE
Synopsis: A uneducated redneck youth
is convicted for a double murder.
After 22 years, the parole board request the experts
to investigate the case once again.
Barry Atwater ......... Jacob Loveless
Louise Lewis .......... Josephine Kruger
Onslow Stevens ........ Edward Kruger
Jan Brooks ............ Lois
Paul Newlan ........... Walker
Val Benedict .......... Frank
Don Dubbins
Fay Spain
Harry Dean Stanton
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F I N A L HOPE: THE JOE CREDO CASE
Synopsis: A peddler is convicted for killing a young girl.
The son of the convicted appeals to the group of experts
for help in proving his fathers innocence.
Albert de Russo ....... Joe Credo
Phillip Pine .......... Frank Credo
Renata Vanni .......... Elvira Credo
Jo Wilder ............. Rita
Ann Morrison .......... Dora
Peter Brocco .......... Glover
George Ellis .......... Hall
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F I N A L HOPE: THE STEPHEN LOWELL CASE
Synopsis: A man is convicted of murdering his
wife's lover but the convicted claims it was suicide.
The experts will tell it like it is.
Gary Moore ............ Stephen Lowell
Madlyn Rhue ........... Janice Lowell
Coulter Irwin ......... Carl Johnson
Jester Hairston ....... Seth
Peter Whitney ......... Kearne
Fay Baker ............. Mrs. Barclay
Willis Bouchey ........ Pickett
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F I N A L HOPE: THE MARY MORALES CASE
Synopsis: A jealous husband goes looking for his wife
and finds her with another man.
Tragedy occurs after a shooting takes place in
a remote Arizona desert town.
The investigative team searches for the truth.
Marian Seldes ......... Mary Morales
Joe De Santis ......... Juan Morales
Robert E. Griffin ..... Prosecutor
Carl Bensen ........... John Stevens
John Cliff ............ Clint Whaley
John Zaremba .......... Judge
Walter Barnes ......... Fred
Perry Ivins
Fred Kruger
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F I N A L HOPE: THE JOEL SHELDON CASE
Synopsis: Two men disputed for years over hunting
territory and one decides to eliminate it's competition.
A small town police network of one
solves the case in a hurry.
Evidence and facts from the
new investigation creates more chaos.
Malcolm Atterbury ..... Joel Sheldon
Dabbs Greer ........... Sheriff Cass Baker
Jean Inness ........... Jenny Sheldon
Bartlett Robinson ..... Rod Moore
Martha Wentworth ...... Mrs. Ritchie
Russell Simpson ....... Glovers
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F I N A L HOPE: THE TODD-LOOMIS CASE
Synopsis: Two east coast college students partying
after a big game spoil a good thing when they
decide to drive someone home.
Both are convicted of murder.
What really happened?
Doug McClure .......... Tommy Loomis
Joel Grey ............. Floyd Todd
Alex Gerry ............ Basil Todd
Ned Glass ............. Marty McGuire
Irene Tedrow .......... Sarah
Bob Wehling ........... Sheriff
Jim Nusser ............ Judge
Barry Brooks .......... Clerk
Ralph Moody ........... John
Herman Rudin .......... Bartender
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F I N A L HOPE: THE ALLEN CUTLER CASE
Synopsis: Convicted of a murder he claims
he did not commit,
Allen Cutler has only days before his execution.
The group of experts step in to investigate the
truth and present their findings.
David Opatoshu ........ Allen Cutler
Herschel Bernardi ..... Frank Kerlo
Virginia Gregg ........ Edith Cutler
Werner Klemperer ...... Malone
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