Adam and an inexperienced D.A. attempt to prosecute the well-connected fiancé of a wealthy New York scion. Adam wonders just who is on trial and gets an education in Justice.Adam and an inexperienced D.A. attempt to prosecute the well-connected fiancé of a wealthy New York scion. Adam wonders just who is on trial and gets an education in Justice.Adam and an inexperienced D.A. attempt to prosecute the well-connected fiancé of a wealthy New York scion. Adam wonders just who is on trial and gets an education in Justice.
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- Nancy Hooper
- (as Carol Rossen)
- Charles Pinger
- (as Ed Lane)
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- GoofsThe credits include "Introducing Kathryn Hays as Beth Rydecker," even though she had appeared on three other TV shows several months beforehand.
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[first lines]
[Detective Adam Flint is driving home after an investigation that lasted all night]
Narrator: Standard form contract between We the People and one Adam Flint, police detective: In return for the take-home pay of 91 dollars 70 cents weekly, and such pensions as you may survive to enjoy, you do hereby agree to the following limitations on your life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness: If, let us say, on some early morning after an all-night burglary investigation you're en route home in your car, and you come upon some significant violation of the law, you will ignore fatigue and diligently perform your duty.
[Detective Flint sees a sports car speed through an intersection, take a right turn, collide with a parked vehicle, and leave the scene of the accident. He begins pursuit of the vehicle, which continues as the narrator recites the "contract"]
Narrator: You will, further, maintain at your command a detailed knowledge of all appropriate statutes, codes and ordinances, and rules of procedure and evidence, which you will be expected to apply on split-second notice and with an accuracy that will withstand the most learned courtroom dictate. As a police officer you further agree to take the most extraordinary risks on our behalf, exposing yourself constantly to physical danger and civil liability. Further, you will be expected to resist material and carnal temptations with the strength of a saint. And we further demand that you meet weakness, intolerance, lust, madness, prevarication, life and death with the judgement and the wisdom of a Solomon. In return for which, We the People, or at least a significant number of us, do promise to hold you in perpetual suspicion and low esteem. Said customary agreement between citizenry and officer to remain in force until said officer's illness, injury, retirement, or death doth end this contract.
- Crazy creditsIntroducing KATHRYN HAYS as Beth Rydecker
At Beth's trial who happened to show up to defend her? The high powered New York City attorney who's known as the "Shyster to the Stars" Johnny Breyson, Martin Gable, who's been hired by Moma Rydecker, Ruth Ford, to get her little girl off from serving time for the crimes she on trial for. With Breyson using every dirty trick in the book to get his client off he makes poor and confused,in wondering what kind of a mess he's gotten himself into, Det. Flint the defendant not arresting officer! Having paid off the only witness, besides Det. Flint & Beth Rydecker, at the crime scene of Beth being high on drugs speeding as well as hitting a parked car the taxi driver, no not Travis Bickel, Edward Lane to change his testimony the case against Beth start to fall apart.
***SPOILERS*** With him smelling blood in the water or the courtroom Breyson now goes in for the kill in bringing an old flame of Det. Flint on the stand the pretty and shapely, just get a load of her legs, Nancy Hooper, Carol Eve Rossen. It was Nancy that Det. Flint pulled the same kind of action against, arrested her for speeding, some three years ago. That soon ended up with him taking Nancy out on a number of hot dates and whining and dining her as well as painting the town red on his meager $91.70 a week police salary! This was done to embarrass Det. Flint in that at the time as well as now he was engaged to his long suffering girlfriend Libby Kingston, Nancy Malone, who had no idea to what that heel of a boyfriend of hers was up to at the time!
The "Big Trial" more of less ended in a draw with Beth getting a $75.00 fine, and no jail time, for speeding and the straight as an arrow Det. Flint being forced to reveal that he cheated on Libby who against her better judgment took him back. As for Det. Flint himself he's now gotten a bit older and wiser as well as realistic about the hard & cold facts of life because of it.
- sol-kay
- Dec 10, 2012
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- Runtime1 hour
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- 1.33 : 1