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Petrocelli

  • TV Series
  • 1974–1976
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
961
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Susan Howard, Barry Newman, and Albert Salmi in Petrocelli (1974)
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A Harvard-educated lawyer from Boston sets up shop in a small Arizona town.A Harvard-educated lawyer from Boston sets up shop in a small Arizona town.A Harvard-educated lawyer from Boston sets up shop in a small Arizona town.

  • Creators
    • Harold Buchman
    • Sidney J. Furie
    • E. Jack Neuman
  • Stars
    • Barry Newman
    • Susan Howard
    • Albert Salmi
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    961
    YOUR RATING
    • Creators
      • Harold Buchman
      • Sidney J. Furie
      • E. Jack Neuman
    • Stars
      • Barry Newman
      • Susan Howard
      • Albert Salmi
    • 14User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 6 nominations total

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    Barry Newman
    Barry Newman
    • Anthony J. Petrocelli
    Susan Howard
    Susan Howard
    • Maggie Petrocelli
    Albert Salmi
    Albert Salmi
    • Pete Ritter
    Arnold Jeffers
    • Judge…
    Don Starr
    Don Starr
    • Judge…
    Lowell Gleason
    • Bailiff…
    Fred Stromsoe
    • Guard…
    David Huddleston
    David Huddleston
    • Lieutenant Ponce…
    Moe Mosley
    • Moe…
    Steve 'Bunker' de France
    • Guard…
    Fred Ashley
    • Ben Fowler…
    Steve Eastin
    Steve Eastin
    • Bob Gerber…
    Charles Young
    • 2nd Cowboy…
    Kimo Owens
    • 1st Cowboy…
    Gary Mike Casper
    • Bartender…
    Neil Summers
    Neil Summers
    • Deputy…
    Michael Bell
    Michael Bell
    • Frank Kaiser…
    Francesca Jarvis
    Francesca Jarvis
    • Aggie Crane…
    • Creators
      • Harold Buchman
      • Sidney J. Furie
      • E. Jack Neuman
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    • Trivia
      During the opening credits, there is a scene showing Petrocelli's office window on the second floor of an old building that says "Navajo Indian Trading Post" on the side. That remodelled building, which was a curio shop, still stands in downtown Tucson, Arizona.
    • Goofs
      Throughout the series witnesses are often seen sitting in the courtroom before their testimony is given. This is contrary to normal courtroom procedure. Although there are exceptions to this rule they would normally be excluded from the proceedings so they would not hear testimony from the other witnesses.
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      Featured in The 27th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1975)

    User reviews14

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    8/10
    Leave it to Petrocelli
    Of all the imported US cops and lawyers series shown on British TV in the early 70's, including Kojak, Columbo, Rockford, Cannon, McMillan and Wife, Banacek, Harry O and McCloud (I can't remember anymore!), this is the one I liked best. Barry Newman stars as the eponymous title character, apparently reprising an earlier film role, a smart-suited, sharp-witted Italian-extraction lawyer building his own home out in the country along with his ever-supportive wife (Susan Howard), who becomes the go-to guy for a seemingly never- ending array of almost-beyond-doubt guilty defendants who he then proceeds to unerringly got off in the last reel thanks to his Sherlock Holmes-like deduction skills. In this he was assisted by his loyal, if somewhat slow assistant, Cowboy Pete.

    The shows took on the whodunit format of Columbo, invariably presenting an open and shut case against the plaintiff only for Petrocelli to turn things around with his own reconstruction of the actual events, usually after he's put himself and / or his wife and / or big Pete in harm's way first to get at the truth. That's the good thing about a whodunit, it keeps you guessing and watching to the very end.

    Formulaic it may have been, but Newman played the title role with some flair and some flint garnering good support from Howard who was far from the shrinking wife in the background. I remember in particular Newman's habit of saying "No further questions" after he'd roasted a hostile witness on the stand, plus did he ever finish building that house of theirs out in the back of beyond?

    Anyway, for me this is another of those vintage shows from my youth that I loved at the time and which I'm pleased to say, dodgy fashion aside, holds up well to watching again today.
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    • Release date
      • September 11, 1974 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Петрочелли
    • Filming locations
      • Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA(some interiors)
    • Production companies
      • Miller-Milkis Productions
      • Paramount Television
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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