Originally The Lawyer was to be based on two trials, as well as the biography, of Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard, a Cleveland, OH osteopath for whom F. Lee Bailey, the Boston criminal lawyer, finally received an acquittal for charges that Sheppard had murdered his wife. One of the most sensational, aspects of the Sheppard case was the United States Supreme Court reverse on conviction because publicity through the trial had prejudiced the jury.
Another came with the emergence of Bailey, the national celebrity, television actor and defender of causes like the Boston Strangler and Doctor Carl Coppolino.
The film, set in a small, North Dakota community has bigoted cops who call everyone "boy," somewhere in between fact and fiction.
Another came with the emergence of Bailey, the national celebrity, television actor and defender of causes like the Boston Strangler and Doctor Carl Coppolino.
The film, set in a small, North Dakota community has bigoted cops who call everyone "boy," somewhere in between fact and fiction.