TV Series · 1965

The Trials of O'Brien

48 min · Comedy, Drama · Ended

Composite

5.4

IMDb

7.8 / 10

132 votes

TMDB

7.0 / 10

5 votes

Local

— / 10

No votes

Synopsis

The Trials of O'Brien is a 1965 television series starring Peter Falk as a sordid Shakespeare-quoting lawyer and featuring Elaine Stritch as his secretary and Joanna Barnes as his ex-wife. The series ran for only 22 episodes. Among its guest stars: Milton Berle, Robert Blake, David Carradine, Faye Dunaway, Britt Ekland, Tammy Grimes, Buddy Hackett, Gene Hackman, Frank Langella, Angela Lansbury, Cloris Leachman, Roger Moore, Rita Moreno, Estelle Parsons, Joanna Pettet, Brock Peters, Tony Roberts and Martin Sheen. Falk often said that he actually liked this financially unsuccessful series much better than his later smash-hit Columbo.

Cast

Peter Falk

Daniel O'Brien

Elaine Stritch

Miss G

Joanna Barnes

Katie O'Brien

David Burns

The Great McGonigle

Crew

Camera

Felix Trimboli Director of Photography

Directing

Richard Donner Director

Production

Richard Alan Simmons Executive Producer
Gene Wang Producer

Sound

Sid Ramin Music

Writing

Gene Wang Screenplay
Gene Wang Creative Producer

Seasons & episodes

Season 1 (1 ep)

22. The Only Game in Town

Mar 18, 1966 · 48 min

Taking the bench as an interim judge on the New York Supreme Court, O'Brien deals with the case of a seaman (Alejandro Rey) accused of murdering a co-worker with a longshoreman's hook. Gene Hackman plays the prosecutor in the case.